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Before new judges preside in an adult victim sexual assault case or a case of co-occurring domestic violence and sexual abuse, they should know that these cases present unique challenges, and that there are resources to assist judges in meeting them. New Judges Orientation programs are often filled with administrative, procedural and substantive information. While it may not be possible to present a full-scale program about adult victim sexual assault cases, it is the time to alert new judges to the challenges and resources that exist in adult victim sexual assault cases.
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The Challenges of Adult Victim Sexual Assault Cases: Materials for New Judges module provides extensive resources that are intended to be distributed. This download contains a compilation of twenty articles that will be useful to anyone wanting more information about adult victim sexual assault and the intersection of sexual assault and domestic violence. The resources are listed in an Annotated Table of Contents. Each citation is a hyperlink to the full text of the resource. Users do not need to be connected to the internet to link to these texts.
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