The National Violence Against Women Prevention Research Center (http://www.vawprevention.org/) is the best organization that I have seen that ethically and realistically addresses these issues.
I have used their research in my work, and have used their video to educate researchers about the many issues that arise when conducting research with VAW organizations. I have found all their materials to be very sensitive to victims while at the same time meeting the rigorous needs of researchers. In my opinion they blend the two worlds very well -- in my work, I appreciate the advocate perspective as well as the researcher's -- they do this too, and in a way that is palatable to both groups. NVAWPRC believes that barriers exist that inhibit nonexploitive research partnerships between researchers and practitioners victim service agencies. Lack of cooperation and understanding between academic researchers and actual service providers limits the type of valuable program evaluation studies that can be accomplished and lessens the relevance of research completed by academics. NVAWPRC thinks that these barriers may also limit development and implementation of innovative prevention programs. I highly recommend their video on Collaborative Research. All of their other materials are excellent, too. John John e Glass, Ph.D. Director, Program Evaluation The Family Place P.O. Box 7999 Dallas, Texas 75209, USA 214-443-7702 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.familyplace.org FREE Human Services Applications at: http://www.geocities.com/socintervention/apps ***End-violence is sponsored by UNIFEM and receives generous support from ICAP*** To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe end-violence OR type: unsubscribe end-violence Archives of previous End-violence messages can be found at: http://www.edc.org/GLG/end-violence/hypermail/
