Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships to Impact
Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Policy

Rosay, André B. and TePas, Katherine. (15 Jun 2010). "Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships to Impact Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Policy" (poster). Poster presented at the 2010 National Institute of Justice Conference, Washington, DC. Supported by Grant No. 2005-WG-BX-0011 awarded by the National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice.

Summary: The Alaska Department of Public Safety and the UAA Justice Center conducted numerous research projects and published numerous articles on domestic violence, sexual assault, child sexual abuse, and stalking. These research projects were used to develop new multidisciplinary and multifaceted initiatives to combat violence against women in Alaska. This poster describes our researcher-practitioner partnership and its impact on policy and practice.

Research presented here was conducted under the following Justice Center projects and funding:

• Epidemiological Study of Sexual Assault in Anchorage (JC 0107.02) - Grant No. 2000-RH-CX-K039 from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice.
• Descriptive Analysis of Sexual Assaults in Anchorage, Alaska: 2002–2003 Update (JC 0107.03).
• Spatial Patterning of Sexual Assaults in Anchorage (JC 0408) - UAA Faculty Development Grant.
• Studying the Characteristics, Processes, and Outcomes of Sexual Assault in Alaska (JC 0501) - Grant No. 2004-WG-BX-0003 from the National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice.
• Descriptive Analysis of Domestic Violence in Alaska (JC 0507) - Alaska Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault through Grant Nos. 2003-WF-BX-0201 and 2004-WF-AX-0033 from by the Violence Against Women Office, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice.
• Investigative Strategies for the Successful Prosecution of Intimate Partner Violence (JC 0601) - Grant No: 2005-WG-BX-0011 from the National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice.
• Differences in the Nature and Processing of Reported Sexual Assault by Offenders' Military Affliation (JC 0701) - Grant No. 2007-WG-R-007 from the National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice.