Reports and Papers
229 results found.
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Equality and Diversity Gender Issues Human Rights Security and Justice Self Defence Study
Knowledge and Know-How: The Role of Self-Defence in the Prevention of Violence against Women
This study concludes that there is a growing evidence base that feminist self-defence can be effective in preventing violence.
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Research Report Trafficking
Comprehensive Policy Review of Anti-Trafficking Projects
A new report 'Comprehensive Policy Review of Anti-Trafficking Projects' has just been published.
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Domestic Violence Evaluation Research Report
Evaluation of Safe Choices: reaching communities project for young women on sexual exploitation
Final report
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Research Report
Changing our Heads
Evaluation Report
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Research Report
Money Matters
Refuge, in partnership with The Co-operative Bank, joined forces to commission The Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit (CWASU) to carry out a study to uncover the scale of financial abuse within intimate partner relationships. The Money matters report, by Nicola Sharp-Jeffs, Research Fellow at CWASU, shows the prevalence of
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Research Report Resource
Review of research and policy on financial abuse
A Review of Research and Policy on Financial Abuse within Intimate Partner Relationships This literature review was undertaken by CWASU to inform the development of the ‘Money Matters’ research produced by The Cooperative Bank and Refuge.
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Child Sexual Abuse/Exploitation Research Report
Sex without Consent Report
New research on young people’s understandings of sexual consent, conducted by CWASU for the Office of the Children’s Commissioner. Using films where young actors described a range of non-consensual sex scenarios, we asked young people how they understand sexual consent and what influences their understandings. Read what young people told
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Research Report
Evaluation of Domestic Violence Protection Orders (DVPOs)
This project evaluated a new civil provision, Domestic Violence Protection Orders (DVPOs), which were piloted over a 15-month period in three police force areas (Greater Manchester, West Mercia and Wiltshire) in 2011-12. The aims of the evaluation were to assess the following: How were DVPOs implemented and delivered across the
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Research Report
Following 100 women for three years as they rebuild lives after domestic violence
The findings of a 3 year research project (conducted in partnership with Solace Women’s Aid) Finding the Costs of Freedom, examines how women and children rebuild their lives after domestic violence The report was launched at the Mayor’s office in London on 2nd June 2014. This is the first longitudinal
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Effects of/surviving violence
Steps Towards Change: Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programmes