- Violence Against Indian Women, Final Revised Report Researchers studied readiness to develop and implement effective violence-prevention efforts in 15 Native American communities in both urban and reservation settings. No significant difference was found between the urban and rural settings in level of readiness to counter violence, and both were equally ready to commit to prevention. The study concludes that measures to prevent violence against women must involve multiple systems, use tribal community resources, and take historical and cultural issues into consideration.
- Impact Evaluation of STOP Grant Program for Reducing Violence Against Women Among Indian Tribes, Final Report. This is the final report of an evaluation conducted from 1996 to the summer of 2001 to assess 123 American Indian projects that received grant funding under the STOP (Service, Training, Officers, Prosecutors) grant project of the VAIW (Violence Against Indian Women) program, which is intended to counter domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking against Indian women.
- Intimate Partner Violence Against Ahtna (Alaska Native) Women in the Copper River Basin, Final Report - This study investigated the frequency, severity, and consequences of intimate partner violence against 91 Athabaskan women living in Alaska.
- Community-Based Analysis of the U.S. Legal System's Intervention in Domestic Abuse Cases Involving Indigenous Women - This report presents the methodology, findings, and recommendations of a study that examined the institutional processes of the U.S. legal system and their impact on the lives of Indigenous women who have been the victims of domestic violence (Indigenous women in the United States are the highest risk group for physical or sexual violence).
- Intimate Partner Violence and Injury in the Lives of Low Income Native American Women - After reviewing the findings of three existing studies that encompass the prevalence of intimate partner violence against Native American women, this paper reports the findings of a recent study by the authors that determined lifetime and 1 year prevalence rates of various types of partner-perpetrated violence and injury in a sample of Native American women living in western Oklahoma; this paper focuses on the lifetime prevalence findings.
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