Benefits of a Coordinated Community Response to Sexual Violence
Dec 01, 2011
Understand how coordinated response to sexual violence can effectively hold offenders accountable while protecting victims and communities.
Resource type
Strategies in Brief
Author(s)
Christopher Mallios (former Attorney Advisor, AEquitas); Jenifer Markowitz (Medical Advisor, AEquitas)
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When medical, legal, and victim advocacy systems work together, they provide better, more effective services to victims. This article outlines the importance of multidisciplinary responses as a way to help survivors understand the breadth of available community resources and services. The authors also demonstrate how coordinated responses to sexual violence result in holding offenders accountable while protecting victims and communities.