PI: Agbényiga, D.L. The Strengthening Leadership Capacity and Professional Skills:  A Women’s Economic Empowerment Program – A Tanzania, South Africa and U.S. partnership is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State–Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.  The program includes...

Dr. Stephanie Nawyn received a Fulbright Fellowship (2013-14) to study sex trafficking in and through Turkey, focusing on the discursive positioning of women and sexual purity in Turkish culture, and how sexual mores are used to justify interpersonal and...

The Immigration Law Clinic engages law students with immigrant communities through direct client representation and systemic advocacy for vulnerable populations that are otherwise unable to obtain legal representation. Immigration matters are compelling and engage students in sophisticated legal analysis...

Dr. Amy Bonomi and colleagues used audio-recorded telephone conversations between domestic violence perpetrators and victims to answer questions about how and why victims arrive at their decision to recant and/or refuse prosecution efforts.  They conducted a qualitative study involving...

Presenter: Rebecca Campbell, PhD This practical and accessible webinar takes what we know from psychology and neurobiology about how trauma impacts behavior, and brings that to the criminal justice system so they can better understand why victims may behave...

Dating violence during adolescence not only takes a physical and emotional toll on young women, it also lead to less education and lower earnings later in life, according to a first-of-its-kind study conducted by Adrienne Adams, Megan Greeson, Angie...

The Community Advocacy Project is an evidence-based program designed by Cris Sullivan to help survivors of intimate partner abuse re-gain control of their lives. This project, which is strengths-based and survivor-centered, can be incorporated into many domestic violence programs...

Rebecca Campbell, Ph.D. Presentation at the National Institute of Justice March 19, 2009 This free and accessible webinar examines the effectiveness of sexual assault nurse examiner programs in the prosecution of adult sexual assault. Dr. Campbell describes the two...

This is a unique study that brings together a holistic theoretical approach on the subject of witchcraft accusations and witch hunts that is taking place in a traditional adivasi migrant community within a tea plantation wage economy in Jalpaiguri,...

Funder: National Institute of Justice PI: Rebecca Campbell, Megan Greeson Dates: 2010-2013 Historically the community response to sexual assault has been fragmented and disjointed, as the legal, medical, and mental health systems have typically operated in isolation from one...