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TYPES OF RAPE
Documenting Domestic Violence:
How Health Care Providers Can Help Victims, U.S. Department of Justice

Well-documented medical records can strengthen domestic violence cases when they are brought to court. They constitute third-party, factual evidence corroborating or establishing that abuse has occurred, however, many medical records contain shortcomings that prevent their admissibility as evidence in court and other legal proceedings. This Research in Brief outlines how health care providers can improve the admissibility of evidence and strengthen the case of domestic violence victims. Published October 2001.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/pubs-sum/188564.htm

Results from an Elder Abuse Prevention Experiment in New York City

A significant amount of research has been conducted on ways to reduce abuse against women and children, but very little research has been done on the domestic abuse of elderly persons. Virtually all State agencies charged with addressing the problem of elder abuse reported increases in their caseloads over the past decade. This Research in Brief addresses the increasing need for elder abuse prevention and highlights a field experiment involving interventions designed to reduce repeat incidents of elder abuse including difficulties and successes. Published September 2001.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/pubs-sum/188675.htm

The Effects of Arrest on Intimate Partner Violence: New Evidence From the Spouse Assault Replication Program

This Research in Brief examines 4,032 incidents of male assault on female partners and compares the number of repeat offenses when batterers are and are not arrested. The researchers synthesized experiments conducted across five jurisdictions from 1981 to 1991, and the analysis gains statistical power from the pooling of data from the five sites. One key determination was that arresting batterers was consistently related to reduced subsequent aggression against the victim; this finding was consistent across jurisdictions. Published July 2001.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/pubs-sum/188199.htm