GET HELP NOW
CALL 911 IF YOU ARE IN IMMEDIATE DANGER.
COMPUTER USE CAN BE MONITORED AND IS IMPOSSIBLE TO COMPLETELY CLEAR.
If you are afraid your internet and/or computer usage might be monitored, please use a safer computer, call the domestic violence and sexual assault program nearest you, the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1.800.799.7233 | 1.800.787.3224 (TTY), or the Rape, Abuse, Incest National Network at 1.800.656.4673.
To get connected with advocacy services in your area, contact the Wyoming domestic violence and sexual assault program nearest you, or call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1.800.799.7233 | 1.800.787.3224 (TTY), or the Rape, Abuse, Incest National Network at 1.800.656.4673.
Advocates are trained to provide free and confidential services. They can help you learn your options or to help a friend, family member, neighbor or co-worker.
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Domestic Violence
What is Domestic Violence?
Domestic violence is everyone’s responsibility. It is a gendered crime – with an unequal impact on girls and women. Domestic violence is a pattern of abusive behavior in a relationship used by one partner to gain or maintain power and control over the other partner. Domestic violence can be actions or threats of actions that influence or control another person’s behavior and decisions and are meant to intimidate, humiliate, isolate, frighten, coerce, blame, or injure.
Domestic Violence Resources
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Division of Victim Services (https://sites.google.com/a/wyo.gov/wy-ag/victim-services-home-page)
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Community Centered Healthy Relationship Program (http://cchrwy.org/)
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Division of Victim Services (https://sites.google.com/a/wyo.gov/wy-ag/victim-services-home-page)
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Community Centered Healthy Relationship Program (http://cchrwy.org/)
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Alianza: National Latino Alliance for the Elimination of Domestic Violence (Alianza: Latina Nacional para Erradicar la Violencia Domestic) (http://www.dvalianza.org/)
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Asian &Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence (http://www.apiidv.org/)
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Battered Women’s Justice Project and Civil Justice Center (www.bwjp.org)
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Casa de Esperanza (www.casadeesperanza.org)
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Forge (http://forge-forward.org/)
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Futures Without Violence (www.futureswithoutviolence.org/health)
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Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community (www.dvinstitute.org)
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Mending the Sacred Hoop (http://mshoop.org/)
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National Center for Victims of Crime (http://www.victimsofcrime.org/)
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National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence (http://www.ncdsv.org/)
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National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health (www.nationalcenterdvtraumamh.org)
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National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women (http://ncdbw.org/)
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National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (http://www.ncadv.org/)
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National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (http://www.avp.org/about-avp/coalitions-a-collaborations/82-national-coalition-of-anti-violence-programs)
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National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (http://www.ncjfcj.org/)
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National Domestic Violence Hotline (http://www.thehotline.org/)
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National Family Justice Center Alliance (http://familyjusticecenter.com/)
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National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center (www.niwrc.com)
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National Network to End Domestic Violence (www.nnedv.org)
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National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (http://www.nrcdv.org/)
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No More (www.nomore.org)
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Polaris Project (http://www.polarisproject.org/)
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VAWnet: National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women (http://www.vawnet.org/)
Sexual Assault
What is Sexual Assault?
Sexual violence violates a person's trust, autonomy and feeling of safety.
It occurs any time a person is forced, coerced, and/or manipulated into any unwanted sexual activity.
The range of sexual violence includes rape, incest, child sexual assault, ritual abuse, date and acquaintance rape, statutory rape, marital or partner rape, sexual exploitation, sexual contact, sexual harassment, exposure, human trafficking and voyeurism.
Rape is a crime. It is motivated by the need to control, humiliate, and harm. It is not motivated by sexual desire. Rapists use sex as a weapon to dominate and hurt others.
Sexual Assault Resources
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Division of Victim Services (https://sites.google.com/a/wyo.gov/wy-ag/victim-services-home-page)
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Community Centered Healthy Relationship Program (http://cchrwy.org/)
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1in6 (https://1in6.org/)
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Forge (http://forge-forward.org/)
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Just Detention International (http://www.justdetention.org/)
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Men Can Stop Rape (http://www.mencanstoprape.org/)
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National Alliance to End Sexual Violence (http://www.endsexualviolence.org/)
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National Center for Victims of Crime (http://www.victimsofcrime.org/)
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National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence (http://www.ncdsv.org/)
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National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (http://www.avp.org/about-avp/coalitions-a-collaborations/82-national-coalition-of-anti-violence-programs)
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National Sexual Violence Resource Center (http://www.nsvrc.org/)
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No More (http://nomore.org/)
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Polaris Project (http://www.polarisproject.org/)
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Rape Abuse Incest National Network and National Hotline (http://www.rainn.org/)
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Resource Sharing Project (http://resourcesharingproject.org/)
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SCESA: Sisters of Color Ending Sexual Assault (http://sisterslead.org/)
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The Campus Program the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault (http://www.calcasa.org/what-we-do/advocacy/campus/)
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VAWnet: National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women (http://www.vawnet.org/)
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Vision of Hope (http://www.theirhope.org/)
Stalking
What is Stalking?
While legal definitions of stalking vary from one jurisdiction to another, a good working definition of stalking, provided by the Stalking Resource center, is a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to feel fear. Stalking is serious, often violent, and can escalate over time. You are not to blame for a stalker's behavior.
Stalking Resources
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Division of Victim Services (https://sites.google.com/a/wyo.gov/wy-ag/victim-services-home-page)
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Community Centered Healthy Relationship Program (http://cchrwy.org/)
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National Center for Victims of Crime (http://www.victimsofcrime.org/)
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Stalking Resource Center (http://www.victimsofcrime.org/our-programs/stalking-resource-center)
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VAWnet: National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women (http://www.vawnet.org/)
Primary Prevention
What is Primary Prevention?
Primary prevention efforts are approaches that take place before violence occurs to prevent initial perpetration or victimization. We know from our experience with other public health issues that primary prevention strategies work. (CDC, 2004).
Prevention Resources
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Wyoming Community Centered Healthy Relationship Program (http://cchrwy.org/)
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Domestic Violence Prevention and Enhancement and Leadership Through Alliances (http://www.cdc.gov/ViolencePrevention/DELTA/index.html)
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Rape Prevention and Education (http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/rpe/)
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National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (http://www.nrcdv.org/)
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National Sexual Violence Resource Center (http://www.nsvrc.org/)
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Prevent IPV (preventipv.org)
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Prevent Connect (http://www.preventconnect.org/)
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VAWnet (http://vawnet.org/)