Crossing the Line: The brand-new, 2011, report on the current state of Sexual Harassment in U.S. schools. Accessible and easy to read, this report is a must-read for ALL parents.
Online Trainings:
Veto Violence: Online training about how to prevent violence BEFORE it’s attempted.
WCSAP of Washington State: High quality webinars about a variety of topics related to sexual assault prevention and response.
7 Mistakes Parents Make when Talking to their Kids about Dating, an interview with Mike Domitrz.
Culture and Violence Against Women: a webinar from CALCASA in California.
Changing Social Norms About Masculinity: a webinar from CALCASA in California.
NSVRC: National webinars and information about sexual violence and violence prevention.
Choose Respect: Talk to Teens about Healthy Relationships.
Principals of Prevention: a training from the Centers for Disease Control.
Stop it Now: Trainings for Adults to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse
Informative Websites:
Common Sense Media: Continually up-to-date resource for parents and teachers – everything about media and your child/teen.
NSVRC: A Parent’s Guide to Sexual Violence Prevention
Enough is Enough: Statistics about online sexual abuse, solicitation, and pornography targeted at teens and children.
Love is Not Abuse: Information about Teen Dating Violence
Advocates for Youth: Data that reveals why youth often do not bring up sexuality with their parents, and how parents can help.
Radical Parenting: Online resource where the teen perspective is shared so that parents can improve their parenting skills
Internet Safety 101: Response to cyber bullying
Living Life Online: Federal Resource for youth about safe use of technology
(Scholarly) Articles:
Free Online:
Boys Who Bully May Grow Up To Abuse Women: Harvard School of Public Health.
“Hooking Up” and Hanging Out: Casual Sexual Behavior Among Adolescents and Young Adults Today, by Christy Daniel and Kate Fogarty.
Much Ado about Sexting: A report from the Department of Justice.
Using Rapist Risk Factors to Set an Agenda for Rape Prevention: A meta-analysis of sexual offenders, by Raymond A. Knight and Judith Sims-Knight with contributions from Suzanne Brown-McBride (September 2009).
Pornography and Sexual Violence: A review of the connection, by Robert Jensen.
Purchasable online: (abstracts available through links)
Comparing the Impact of Bullying and Sexual Harassment Victimization on the Mental and Physical Health of Adolescents. James E. Gruber & Susan Fineran
The Impact of Bullying and Sexual Harassment on Middle and High School Girls. James E. Gruber and Susan Fineran
Oppression Through Acceptance? : Predicting Rape Myth Acceptance and Attitudes Toward Rape Victims. Jericho M. Hockett, Donald A. Saucier, Bethany H. Hoffman, Sara J. Smith and Adam W. Craig
Badgering or Bantering?: Gender Differences in Experience of, and Reactions to, Sexual Harassment among U.S. High School Students. Jeanne Z. Hand and Laura Sanchez