Rape And Sexual Assault
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Promising | Implementing the program may result in the intended outcome(s) | On average, there is some evidence that implementing a program encompassed by the practice will achieve the intended outcome. | |
No Effects | Implementing the program is unlikely to result in the intended outcome(s) and may result in a negative outcome(s). | On average, there is strong evidence that implementing a program encompassed by the practice will not achieve the intended outcome or may result in a negative outcome. |
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Topic: rape and sexual assaultTitle | Evidence Rating | Topics | Summary | RCT | ||
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Program Profile: Prisoner Rehabilitation Authority Vocational Support and Supervision Program (Israel) |
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Parole, Mental health, Corrections, Reentry, Community corrections, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Employment initiatives, Inmate assistance programs, Rape and sexual assault | This program provides community supervision and services to individuals released early from prison to help them find employment and reduce their recidivism. The program is rated Effective. Program participants were less likely to be reincarcerated and had higher rates of integration into the workforce, compared with individuals who did not participate in the program. These differences were statistically significant. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Bringing in the Bystander High School Curriculum |
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Stalking, Violent crime, Assault, Dating violence, School climate, Rape and sexual assault, Crime prevention, Juvenile (under 18), Intimate partner violence, Victims of crime | The goal of this bystander-focused, classroom-delivered curriculum is to reduce rates of interpersonal violence among high school students. The program is rated No Effects. The program had no statistically significant impact on various measures of interpersonal violence, victim empathy, and measures of proactive bystander behavior. There was a statistically significant decrease for the treatment group in bystander denial about the role students could play in preventing interpersonal violence. Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial | ||
Program Profile: Risk Reduction through Family Therapy (RRFT) for Adolescents |
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Mental health, Substance abuse, Children exposed to violence, Trauma, Treatment, Rape and sexual assault, Violent crime, Crisis response, Juvenile (under 18), Drugs, Drug treatment | The goal of this exposure-based, integrative intervention was to reduce substance use and mental health problems in adolescents who have experienced trauma. The program is rated Promising. The program had a statistically significant impact on depressive and internalizing symptoms, family cohesion, and family conflict. There were mixed results for PTSD symptoms and substance use. There was no statistically significant impact on externalizing symptoms. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Coaching Boys Into Men (Middle School) |
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Mental health, Youth development, Recreation, Schools, Rape and sexual assault, Violent crime, Crime prevention, Juvenile (under 18), Mentoring, Child health and welfare, Juvenile delinquency | This program aims to prevent sexual violence in middle school male athletes. The program is rated No Effects. There were no statistically significant differences between treatment and control group athletes in reports of abuse (relationship, cybersexual, or sexual), sexual harassment, negative bystander behaviors, sex-equitable attitudes, or intention to intervene. Treatment group athletes reported statistically significantly more positive bystander behaviors and recognized more signs of abuse. Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial | ||
Program Profile: IMpower Program for American Indian Girls |
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Tribal youth, Dating violence, School climate, Crime prevention, Rape and sexual assault, Violent crime, Victimization, Tribal, Juvenile (under 18), Crime prevention, Rape and sexual assault, Intimate partner violence, Victims of crime | This was a sexual assault prevention program adapted for American Indian girls that sought to reduce sexual assault victimization and to improve sexual assault resistance skills and self-defense knowledge. The program is rated Promising. Girls who received the intervention reported statistically significantly lower rates of sexual assault and sexual harassment, compared with girls in the comparison group. However, there was no impact on reported rates of physical dating violence. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Routine Inquiry About Violence Victimization and Follow-Up Support (Sweden) |
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Girls, Treatment, Victims of crime, Violent crime, Intimate partner violence, Rape and sexual assault | This is a program for young women in nonemergency health centers in Sweden. It involves routine inquiry about their experiences with violence victimization and offers empowerment strategies for victimized women. The program is rated No Effects. There were no statistically significant differences between the intervention and control groups in self-reported measures of physical violence, sexual violence (touch or penetration), and emotional violence at the 12-month follow-up. Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial | ||
Program Profile: Web-Based Sexual Assault Risk Reduction (SARR) for College Women |
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Situational crime prevention, Rape and sexual assault, Violent crime, Crime prevention, Victimization, Campus, Campus Crime, Schools, Substance abuse, Legal substances, Drugs | This was a program for college women who engaged in heavy episodic drinking to provide feedback on their risk perception and resistance to reduce sexual assault. The program is rated No Effects. Program participants did not statistically significantly differ from those in the control group on measures of incapacitated attempted/completed rape frequency, alcohol-related sexual assault incidents/severity, or use of sexual assault protective behavioral strategies at the 3-month follow-up. Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial | ||
Program Profile: Children’s Advocacy Center Model |
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Mental health, Treatment, Case Management, Rape and sexual assault, Violent crime, Victims of crime, Juvenile (under 18) | This program is a multidisciplinary, victim-focused approach designed to improve forensic interviewing and the continuity of care for youth who are victims of sexual abuse and assault. The program is rated Effective. The program showed a statistically significant increase in the receipt of physical health examinations and counseling referrals for treatment group youth, compared with youth in the community comparison group. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: TakeCARE |
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Dating violence, Campus Crime, School climate, Crime prevention, Rape and sexual assault, Violent crime, Crime prevention, Juvenile (under 18) | This is an online video program that seeks to promote and increase high school and college students’ efficacy in performing helpful bystander behavior in instances of relationship or sexual violence, to reduce sexual violence among young adults and adolescents. The program is rated Promising. The treatment group showed statistically significant increases in observed and self-reported bystander behavior and in efficacy to intervene, compared with the control group. Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial | ||
Program Profile: Meditation for Female Trauma IPV Survivors with Co-Occurring Disorders |
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Dating violence, Mental health, Coping, Rape and sexual assault, Violent crime | This is a therapeutic program that used meditation to improve mental health outcomes for female survivors of interpersonal violence with co-occurring disorders. The program is rated Promising. Women in the treatment group who participated in the meditation curriculum had a statistically significant fewer number of mental health and trauma symptoms, and a higher level of reliable change in mental health and trauma symptoms, compared with women in the control group who received services as usual. Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial | ||
Program Profile: Delaware KEY Substance Abuse Program |
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Alcohol-Related Offenses, Mental health, Correctional facilities, Prisons, Drugs, Rape and sexual assault | This program is a prison-based therapeutic community for drug-involved individuals. The program is rated Promising. After 3 years, results showed statistically significant increases in remaining drug-free; however, there were no statistically significant effects in being arrest-free. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Implementation of Federal Sex-Offender Registry Requirements in 14 States |
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Sex offenders, Sex offender management, Rape and sexual assault, Violent crime, Crime prevention | This was a registration requirement targeting individuals convicted of sex offenses and other crimes against children. The federal legislation required the registration of people released after serving time for a sex offense, including name, address, sex crime committed, and a photograph. The program is rated No Effects. The program did not statistically significantly reduce sex-crime rates. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Enhanced Assess, Acknowledge, Act Sexual Assault Resistance Program (Canada) |
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Girls, Campus Crime, Rape and sexual assault, Violent crime, Crime prevention | This is an educational, skills-based workshop for first-year female college students. The program is designed to teach young women how to assess risk, overcome barriers in acknowledging danger, and engage in self-defense to reduce the risk of sexual assault. The program is rated Effective. The program showed a statistically significant reduction in the risk of completed and attempted rape, nonconsensual sexual acts, and attempted coercion. There was no impact on the risk of attempted coercion. Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial | ||
Program Profile: Regional Treatment Centre Sex Offender Treatment Program (Canada) |
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Sex offenders, Sex offender management, Corrections, Prisons, Reentry, Inmate programs, Crime prevention, Recidivism, Rape and sexual assault, Violent crime, Crime prevention | This inpatient program provides group and individual therapy to those who have committed sexual offenses and have recently been released from prison in Ontario, Canada. The program is rated No Effects. There was no significant difference in sexual recidivism rates between the treatment group and the comparison group. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Implementation of Minnesota's Community Notification Act of 1997 to Reduce Reoffending |
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Sex offenders, Crime prevention, Recidivism, Corrections, Rape and sexual assault, Crime prevention, Violent crime | This is a community notification program targeting people who have been released after serving time for sex offenses in Minnesota. This is a state response to the federal requirements of Megan’s Law and authorizes law enforcement to notify local communities about where people who have been released after serving time for sex offenses will be living. The program is rated Promising. The experimental notification group had lower recidivism rates for sexual crimes compared with the non-notification Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Quehanna (PA) Motivational Boot Camp |
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Drug testing, Mental health, Corrections, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Rape and sexual assault | This 6-month program aims to reduce recidivism by diverting eligible candidates from prison to a boot camp that promotes discipline, structure, and characteristics of good citizenship and seeks to improve skills for reentry into the community. The program is rated Promising. Boot camp participants had statistically significantly lower rates of recidivism (measured as both rearrest and reincarceration) compared with nonparticipants at the 3-year follow-up. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Green Dot Intervention Program |
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Dating violence, Campus Crime, Drug-Related Victimization, School climate, Rape and sexual assault, Violent crime, Crime prevention, Victimization, Victims of crime, Juvenile (under 18) | This program is designed to increase active-bystander behaviors and reduce dating and sexual violence in college and high school students. The program is rated Promising. Students who participated in the program had a statistically significantly greater number of observed and self-reported active-bystander behaviors than students who did not participate. However, there was no statistically significant impact on sexual violence victimization or sexual harassment. Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial | ||
Program Profile: New Jersey Adult Diagnostic Treatment Center (ADTC) |
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Sex offenders, Mental health, Sex offender management, Corrections, Prisons, Correctional facilities, Reentry, Crime prevention, Recidivism, Rape and sexual assault | The program provides cognitive–behavioral treatment and relapse prevention to people who commit repetitive, compulsive sex offenses. Cognitive–behavioral treatments focus on reconstructing person’s cognitive distortions; relapse prevention focuses on pattern recognition and breaking the cycle of recommitting sex crimes. The program is rated Promising. The intervention participants showed a statistically significant lower likelihood of recidivating, compared with the general prison-population. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Residence Restrictions for Sex Offenders (Jacksonville, Florida) |
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Sex offenders, Probation, Sex offender management, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Corrections, Rape and sexual assault, Violent crime | In 2005, the city of Jacksonville, Florida passed an ordinance that required persons convicted of sex offenses to reside more than 2,500 feet away from any place where children congregate. The goal was to reduce sex crimes, especially those committed against children. However, the city residence restriction law was later deemed unconstitutional in 2007. The program is rated No Effects. The residence restriction had no statistically significant impact on their rates of rearrests for sex crimes. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Bronx (NY) Mental Health Court |
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Mental health courts, Jails, Correctional facilities, Corrections, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Problem-solving courts, Diversion, Rape and sexual assault | This is a problem-solving court program that seeks to divert mentally ill adults who committed misdemeanor and felony offenses out of the justice system and into treatment to address their mental health issues and reduce their risk of recidivism. The program is rated No Effects. There was no statistically significant effect on rearrests or reconvictions for treatment group participants, compared with similar individuals with a mental disorder in jail, at the 30-month follow-up. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Social Learning/Feminist Intervention |
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Girls, Dating violence, Foster care/child welfare system, Victimization, Victims of crime, Child health and welfare, Juvenile (under 18), Violent crime, Crime prevention, Rape and sexual assault | This is a 12-session program for adolescent females with a history of exposure to violence/abuse and involvement in the child welfare system. The goal of the program was to reduce re-victimization in teen dating situations. The program used a health-promotion approach to help girls develop healthy relationships. The program is rated Promising. The intervention had a statistically significant impact on reducing physical re-victimization, but not sexual re-victimization. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: The Women's Program |
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Girls, Alcohol-Related Offenses, Stalking, Assault, Underage drinking, Campus Crime, Coping, Violent crime, Crime prevention, Schools, Crisis response | This is a sexual assault risk-reduction program that is designed to teach college women bystanders about sexual assault, characteristics of men who perpetrate the crime, and how to intervene. The program is rated Promising. Experimental group participants demonstrated statistically significant increases in their ability and willingness to intervene, compared with control group participants. However, there was no statistically significant impact on rape myth acceptance. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Cognitive-Processing Therapy for Female Victims of Sexual Assault |
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Assault, Dating violence, Stalking, Children exposed to violence, Coping, Grief, Rape and sexual assault, Violent crime, Crime prevention, Victims of crime, Crisis response | This is a cognitive therapeutic program that is intended to assist female victims of sexual assault with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The overall goal is to restructure unbalanced thoughts directly related to the trauma. The program is rated Effective. Women in the treatment group demonstrated reduced symptoms of both PTSD and depression, compared with women in the control group. These differences were statistically significant. Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial | ||
Program Profile: Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Program - Multisite |
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Coping, Rape and sexual assault, Violent crime, Prosecution, Courts, Victims of crime | The program uses specially trained nurses to provide comprehensive psychological, medical, and forensic services to recent sexual assault victims in either hospital- or community-based clinic settings. The program is rated Promising. Across multiple sites, the results showed that sexual assault cases that were prosecuted following implementation of SANE had a statistically significant greater likelihood of resulting in a guilty plea or conviction. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Sexual Assault Risk Reduction Program |
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Assault, Dating violence, Campus Crime, Coping, Rape and sexual assault, Violent crime, Crime prevention, Victimization, Victims of crime | This is a rape prevention program for college students, designed to teach about the prevalence of sexual assault, distinguish between rape myths and facts, identify risky situations, and teach techniques to use in a risky situation. The program was rated No Effects. The program had a statistically significant effect on self-efficacy and self-protective dating behaviors, but did not impact sexual victimization, sexual aggression, attitudes toward women, rape empathy, or sexual communication. Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial | ||
Program Profile: Safe Street Teams (Boston, MA) |
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Assault, Gun violence, Homicide, Robbery, Community policing, Problem-oriented policing, Situational crime prevention, Rape and sexual assault, Law enforcement | This is a place-based, problem-oriented policing strategy implemented by the Boston (Mass.) Police Department in response to a sudden increase in violent index crimes. The program is rated Promising. Treatment street units experienced statistically significant reductions in total violent index crime, robbery, and aggravated assault, compared with control street units. However, there was no statistically significant effect on incidents of homicide or rape/sexual assault. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Minnesota Prison-Based Sex Offender Treatment Program |
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Sex offenders, Mental health, Prisons, Inmate programs, Reentry, Corrections, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Rape and sexual assault, Violent crime | This is a program, provided by the Minnesota Department of Corrections, which offers treatment, therapy, and transitional services to convicted males in prison. The program is rated Promising. Treatment group inmates had a statistically significant lower likelihood of being rearrested for sex offenses, violent offenses, or any offenses, compared with comparison group inmates who did not receive any treatment. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Women's Health CoOp (Pretoria, South Africa) |
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Victimization, Rape and sexual assault, Alcohol, Substance abuse, Legal substances, Drugs | This is a woman-focused, HIV intervention designed to reduce sex-risk behavior, substance use, and victimization among at-risk and underserved women, including female sex workers. The program is rated Promising. Compared with the comparison group, non-sex workers in the intervention reported less sexual abuse, alcohol use, and verified drug abuse, and sex workers in the intervention reported less physical abuse and verified drug abuse. These differences were statistically significant. Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial | ||
Program Profile: Shifting Boundaries (Classroom Curriculum and Schoolwide Intervention) |
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Dating violence, School safety, Children exposed to violence, Trauma, Schools, Crime prevention, Juvenile (under 18), Rape and sexual assault, Violent crime, Intimate partner violence, Victims of crime | This dual intervention aims to reduce peer violence and sexual harassment in middle schoolers by emphasizing consequences and increasing surveillance of unsafe areas. The program is rated Promising. The intervention group had statistically significant reductions in sexual victimization and in violence victimization and perpetration compared with those in the control group. There were no statistically significant effects on sexual harassment perpetration, or knowledge, attitudes, or intentions. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Program (Albuquerque, N.M.) |
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Evidence, Rape and sexual assault, Violent crime, Victims of crime, Forensic sciences | This program provides specialized and coordinated services to victims of sexual assault during their first contact with the health care system. The program is rated Promising. Treatment group patients had a statistically significant greater number of referrals to victim services and greater likelihood of consenting to evidence collection, pregnancy tests, and STD treatment, compared with control group patients treated in the standard emergency room. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Sexual Abuse: Family Education and Treatment Program (SAFE-T) |
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Sex offenders, Mental health, Children exposed to violence, Trauma, Treatment, Case Management, Young juvenile offenders, Rape and sexual assault, Violent crime, Crime prevention | This is a community-based program that provides sexual abuse–specific assessment, treatment, consultation, and long-term support to adolescents who were convicted of sexual abuse and to their families. This program is rated Promising. Intervention participants showed a statistically significant lower likelihood of being charged with a sexual reoffense, nonsexual violent reoffense, nonviolent reoffense, or any reoffense, compared with control participants, at the 20-year follow up. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Multisystemic Therapy for Youth With Problem Sexual Behaviors (MST-PSB) |
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Sex offenders, Diversion, Youth development, Home visiting, Treatment, Juvenile delinquency, Rape and sexual assault, Juvenile justice, Juvenile detention | This program is an adaptation of Multisystemic Therapy, specifically designed for adolescents who have committed sexual offenses and demonstrated other problem behaviors. The program is rated Promising. Program participants had lower rates of self-reported person and property offenses as well as lower rates of arrests for sexual crimes and other crimes, compared with control group participants. These findings were statistically significant. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Prolonged Exposure Therapy |
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Assault, Juvenile health, Mental health, Children exposed to violence, Coping, Grief, Trauma, Treatment, Rape and sexual assault, Violent crime | This is a cognitive–behavioral treatment program for assault survivors who have posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The program is rated Effective. Women in the treatment group experienced statistically significant reductions in the severity of PTSD, depression, and anxiety symptoms and a statistically significant improvement in social functioning, compared with women in the control group, at follow up. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) for Traumatized Young Women |
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Coping, Rape and sexual assault, Violent crime | This is a therapeutic approach designed to treat individuals who are dealing with the aftermath of a traumatic life event. The goal is to help those who have experienced traumatic stress to reprocess and store traumatic memories adaptively. The program is rated Promising. Program participants reported statistically significant improvements in posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, self-concept, avoidance, and intrusive thoughts, compared with control group participants. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Bringing in the Bystander for College Students |
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Situational crime prevention, Trauma, Rape and sexual assault, Violent crime, Victimization, Campus, Schools | This program seeks to increase prosocial attitudes and behaviors toward and awareness of risky behaviors and precursors to sexual victimization among potential bystanders and third-person witnesses. The program is rated Promising. Intervention participants showed statistically significant improvements in knowledge of sexual violence and bystander attitudes, behavior, efficacy, and likelihood of helping friends, and a reduction in rape-myth acceptance, compared with nonparticipants. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Post-Rape Video Intervention |
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Marijuana, Alcohol, Violent crime, Rape and sexual assault, Victims of crime, Drugs | This intervention is designed to reduce distress associated with forensic rape examinations and reduce the victims’ risk of developing psychopathology and substance use after an assault. The program is rated No Effects. At the 6-month follow up, there were no statistically significant differences between the treatment and nontreatment groups in alcohol, marijuana, or hard drug use, or in symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety, or depression. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Trauma Affect Regulation: Guide for Education and Therapy (TARGET) |
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Girls, Mental health, Substance abuse, Children exposed to violence, Treatment, Rape and sexual assault, Violent crime, Juvenile (under 18) | This is a trauma-focused psychotherapy program for those suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The program is rated Effective. Treated adults showed statistically significant lower PTSD symptoms, depression, and anxiety than comparison group adults. Treated youth showed statistically significant higher levels of hope and lower levels of the PTSD criterion of intrusive re-experiencing than comparison group youth, but there were no impacts in other mental health outcomes. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Fourth R Curriculum |
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Dating violence, School safety, Rape and sexual assault, Crime prevention, Juvenile delinquency, Juvenile (under 18), Crime prevention, Victimization, Intimate partner violence, Violent crime, Victims of crime, Drugs | This interactive classroom curriculum is designed to reduce youth dating violence by addressing bullying, unsafe sexual behavior, and substance use. The program is rated No Effects. The program had small, statistically significant effects on decreasing dating violence and sexual harassment/assault victimization. However, there were no significant effects on sexual harassment/assault perpetration, peer violence perpetration or victimization, sexual activity, substance use, or prosocial attitudes. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Delaware KEY/Crest Substance Abuse Programs |
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Corrections, Correctional facilities, Prisons, Inmate programs, Reentry, Drugs, Rape and sexual assault | This program uses a drug treatment continuum of prison-based therapeutic community and residential work release for drug-involved convicted persons. The program is rated Promising. Results showed statistically significant increases in remaining drug-free after 3 years and increases in condom use after 6 months; however, there were no statistically significant effects in being injection-free (after 6 months) or arrest-free (after 3 years). Date Posted: |
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Practice Profile: Psychotherapy with Adults Sexually Abused in Childhood |
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Children exposed to violence, Coping, Rape and sexual assault, Violent crime, Crime prevention, Mental health | This practice comprises therapeutic approaches for adults who were sexually abused in childhood, and is designed to improve psychological distress, reduce maladaptive behavior, or enhance adaptive behavior through counseling, structured or unstructured interaction, or a predetermined treatment plan. The practice is rated Promising for decreasing posttraumatic stress disorder, trauma, and internalizing and externalizing symptoms. Date Posted: |
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Practice Profile: Male-Targeted, Sexual Assault-Prevention Program |
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Dating violence, Rape and sexual assault, Violent crime, Crime prevention, Intimate partner violence | This practice encompasses programs that are designed to reduce the prevalence of sexual assaults by targeting potential perpetrators directly. Programs include components designed to build empathy for victims, break down myths about rape, and train bystanders to intervene in potential assaults. The practice is rated Effective for reducing future intent to be sexually aggressive and for increasing future prevention efforts but is rated No Effects for reducing actual sexual assault perpetration. Date Posted: |
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Practice Profile: Sexual Assault Education Programs on College Campuses |
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Campus Crime, Crime prevention, Rape and sexual assault, Violent crime, Schools, Victims of crime | This practice comprises programs that are designed to reduce the prevalence of sexual assaults on college campuses by reducing the rape-supportive ideology for those who may potentially perpetrate a crime, while increasing potential victims’ knowledge and awareness of risky situations, and thereby their safety. The practice is rated Effective for reducing rape attitudes (such as acceptance of rape myths and victim blaming) and rape-related attitudes (such as sex-role stereotyping and adversarial Date Posted: |
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Practice Profile: Bystander Education Programs for Sexual Assault Prevention on High School and College Campuses |
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Crime prevention, Rape and sexual assault, Violent crime, Juvenile (under 18), Campus Crime, Schools, Victims of crime | This practice comprises programs designed to decrease the prevalence of sexual assault among adolescents and college students by educating would-be bystanders (i.e., witnesses) about sexual assault, and promoting the willingness to intervene in risky situations. The practice is rated Effective for reducing rape myth acceptance, increasing bystander efficacy, and increasing intent to help. It is rated Promising for increasing bystander helping behavior and decreasing rape supportive attitudes. Date Posted: |
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Practice Profile: Programs to Reduce Dating and Sexual Violence for Youth and Young Adults |
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Dating violence, School safety, Campus Crime, School climate, Juvenile delinquency, Crime prevention, Juvenile (under 18), Victimization, Intimate partner violence, Rape and sexual assault | This practice involves a range of prevention and intervention programs that are designed to address problems associated with dating violence for youth and young adults. The practice is rated Effective for reducing the perpetration of dating violence and improving dating violence knowledge and attitudes. The practice is rated No Effects for reducing dating and sexual violence victimization, reducing sexual violence perpetration, and for improving bystander behaviors. Date Posted: |
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Practice Profile: Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners for Forensic Examinations in Cases of Sexual Assault/Rape |
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Juvenile health, Treatment, Violent crime, Rape and sexual assault, Violent crime, Victims of crime, Crisis response | This practice uses qualified nurses who are trained to collect forensic evidence in cases of rape and sexual assault (of both adults and children). The practice is rated Effective for providing treatment for sexually transmitted infections and emergency contraception to sexual assault/rape victims, but is rated No Effects for the proportion of complainants who had a rape kit collected. Date Posted: |
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Practice Profile: Treatment for Adults Who Have Committed Sex Offenses |
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Child pornography, Sex offenders, Mental health, Sex offender management, Corrections, Inmate programs, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Rape and sexual assault, Violent crime | A variety of psychological interventions, cognitive–behavioral treatments, and behavioral therapies targeting adults convicted of sex offenses with the overall aim of reducing the risk and potential harm associated with releasing this population back into the community. The practice is rated Promising for reducing rates of general recidivism and sexual recidivism, but rated No Effects on violent recidivism rates. Date Posted: |
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Practice Profile: Therapeutic Treatment for Juveniles Having Committed Sex Offenses |
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Sex offenders, Sex offender management, Violent offenders, Treatment, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Rape and sexual assault, Juvenile delinquency, Violent crime | This practice includes a variety of treatment modalities (including cognitive-behavioral therapy, relapse prevention, and multisystemic therapy), which are designed to reduce the risks and harms associated with juveniles at risk of committing sexual offenses. The practice is rated Promising for reducing juveniles’ rates of general recidivism but rated No Effects for reducing sexual recidivism and violent recidivism. Date Posted: |
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Practice Profile: School-Based Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Programs |
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Rape and sexual assault, Juvenile (under 18), Child health and welfare, Crime prevention | This practice comprises school-based programs that are designed to reduce the occurrence of sexual abuse in children and adolescents. The practice is rated Promising for increasing children’s prevention-related knowledge and Effective for increasing protective behaviors and disclosures of previous or current sexual abuse. The practice is rated No Effects for decreasing child self-reported anxiety or fear. Date Posted: |
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Practice Profile: Psychotherapies for Victims of Sexual Assault |
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Coping, Rape and sexual assault, Violent crime, Crime prevention, Mental health, Victims of crime | This practice examines interventions for adult sexual assault victims that reduce psychological distress, symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and rape trauma through counseling, structured or unstructured interaction, training programs, or predetermined treatment plans. The practice is rated Effective in reducing symptoms of trauma and PTSD in victims of sexual assault and rape. Date Posted: |