(Dec 1) This week's site and project updates

[Randy McCall]

The following updates have been made to our various sites:

VAOnline.org

http://www.vaonline.org/

New links added to our topical Directories:

• Resources Addressing the Perpetration of Sexual Violence (USA)
• The European Disability Forum (European Union)

New online documents added to our Virtual Library:

• Civil Tort Actions Filed by Victims of Sexual Assault: Promise and Perils (USA)
• Conceptualising the prevention of sexual assault and the role of education (Australia)
• Finally Getting Victims Their Due: A Process Evaluation of the NCVLI Victims’ Rights Clinics (USA)
• National Survey on Community Attitudes to Violence Against Women 2009 (Australia)
• Rape: The Victim Experience Review (United Kingdom)
• Together We Can End Violence Against Women and Girls: A Strategy (United Kingdom)
• Using DNA to Solve Cold Cases (USA)

Blog Posts

V3@E (Victim services, rights and victimology on the Internet) blog

http://rmccallonline.wordpress.com/

• International news items of interest (India, UK, USA)
• Public consultation produces: Rape: The Victim Experience (UK)
• New criminal justice system review by rape victims, plus new domestic violence services and tools (UK)
• International news roundup (Argentina, Czech Rep., France, Israel, Poland, Nigeria, Spain, UK)
• New York looks at gaming console emergency notification system
• Does childhood abuse speed up the ageing process?

Twitter News Feed

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or view the Twitter widget on the VAOnline.org or V3@E home pages

• #   Domestic abuse victims offered personal safety alarms - wireless GPS devices (UK) http://bit.ly/6hjQ6T 
• # Database considered a powerful weapon against domestic abuse (New York, USA) http://bit.ly/88gy8i
• # New York the first state to provide on-line victim information and notification system in Spanish (USA) http://bit.ly/8370yQ
• # Advocates in the News = They’re there for crime victims in area (Pennsylvania, USA) http://bit.ly/6fV1ej
• # Crime Line, an anonymous tip-off service, will focus on human trafficking for the next two weeks (South Africa) http://bit.ly/7aqpt5
• # European Community ratifies the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (EU) http://bit.ly/6k7tAC
• # EU reserves phone numbers for non urgent medical help and victims of crime (EU) http://bit.ly/4QWIKq
• # Justice for all...but not for the victim... (Commentary by victim on DWI sentencing, UK) http://bit.ly/8Dqkm4
• # Munkombwe condemns gender based violence (Zambia) http://www.lusakatimes.com/
• # Government to establish a task force looking at improving support for families of missing people (UK) http://bit.ly/7npUci
• # Party season rape awareness plea (Gwent, UK) http://bit.ly/5fwoST
• # The rape of Youth Service Corps members (Nigeria) http://bit.ly/69WCTy
• # Advocates in the News: Helping victims of violent crimes (Texas, USA) http://bit.ly/7RMQpa
• # Rape In Afghanistan A Profound Problem, U.N. Says (USA) http://bit.ly/4uz6mo
• # Discussion paper on boosting victims' rights due soon (New Zealand) http://bit.ly/4BgXLX
• # Legislative fight brews on 'innocence' law: Prosecutors, lawmakers differ on rules for delayed appeals (MA, USA) http://bit.ly/5mSCLJ
• # Court pulls up police for 'ill-treating' rape victims (India) http://bit.ly/6DIu2Z
• # Compensate 7/11 (Mumbai) victims in a month: rights panel (India) http://bit.ly/7KYRlZ
• # 'Some want revenge, others want counselling, but most just want to tell their stories' (Ireland) http://bit.ly/82e6eG
• # New court tower's design considers victims' rights (Arizona, USA) http://bit.ly/6DhBRa k
• # Response by Rape Crisis (England and Wales) to Rape: The Victim Experience Review (UK) http://bit.ly/4Cpino
• # Rape: The Victim Experience Reivew (UK) http://bit.ly/7ryQOw
• # Congressmen introduce bill to eliminate rape kit testing backlog nationwide (USA) http://bit.ly/7IYPPV
• # Mum on a caring mission: Son's death spurred fight for support for victims of road tragedies (UK)) http://bit.ly/8b3c9u
• # Government unleashes new legislation for prisoners abroad (Canada) http://bit.ly/5A2Js9
• # 'Korea in midst of criminal emergency' - childhood sexual abuse skyrockets (Korea) http://bit.ly/88iBeg
• # The Swedish Way - A surprising model for Chicago's crackdown on prostitution (USA) http://bit.ly/8iPGAG
• # V3@E blog: International news roundup (7 countries) and UK new violence against women strategy and new tools/documents http://bit.ly/jwMX0
• # Crean terrorism victims assistance center (Argentina) Argentine http://bit.ly/4A0HZF | English translation http://bit.ly/5H9NGv
• # UK betrays Mumbai victims (Commentary, UK) http://bit.ly/8UZFRY
• # Home Secretary Alan Johnson welcomes criminal justice system review by rape victims (UK) http://bit.ly/7PRizc
• # Denial of justice to rape survivors doomed to continue (Opinion, Malaysia) http://bit.ly/5JwBC5
• # Human rights minister wants to tackle domestic violence (Czech Republic) http://bit.ly/4yQWrm
• # France to ban 'psychological violence' in marriage (France) http://bit.ly/4C0TII
• # Rights Activist Decries Sexual Abuse (Nigeria) http://bit.ly/7gn1ml
• # New plan to aid crime victims excludes domestic violence cases (Israel) http://bit.ly/7AbPKD
• # Poland, Spain want EU help for crime victims (European Union) http://bit.ly/5KF4Yi
• # Police rethink on DNA evidence (Audio Interview, text, Australia) http://bit.ly/85fI5O
• # Tackling domestic violence against women and girls (UK) http://bit.ly/5O4JLn
• # Number of men on receiving end of domestic abuse soars (Scotland, UK) http://bit.ly/78BkvE
• # Victims of domestic abuse urged to speak out (Isle of Man, UK) http://bit.ly/4P8W4i
• # Advocate in the news - Standing Up for Violent Crime Victims (Video, text, North Carolina, USA) http://bit.ly/6U6yrj
• # DNA doubts force review of cases - Hundreds of cases to be re- examined (Australia) http://bit.ly/8elF6r
• # National Justice Network Update - Nov. 2009 (Canada) http://bit.ly/8uxX4c
• # Number of hate crimes up slightly in US: FBI (USA) http://bit.ly/4J8Vqd
• # ‘Abominable, savage’: journalists on Maguindanao massacre (Philippines) http://bit.ly/85RAn6

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