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 Understanding Youth's Use of Technology to Perpetrate Dating Violence, Stalking and Sexual Harassment and Victimization
Award Information
Awardee
              The Urban Institute
Award #
              2010-WG-BX-0003
Funding Category
              Competitive
Location
                    Washington, DC
Status
              Closed
Funding First Awarded
              2010
Total funding (to date)
              $367,429
Original Solicitation
              NIJ FY 10 ORE Research and Evaluation on VAW: Sexual Violence, Teen Dating Violence and Stalking
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2010, $367,429)
The Urban Institute's (UI) Justice Policy Center will conduct an examination of youth's use of technology and new media to perpetrate psychologically abusive behaviors toward romantic partners, stalking behaviors, and sexually harassing and victimizing behaviors. The overall goal of the project is to expand knowledge about the types of victimizing experiences youth have in romantic relationships, the prevalence of violence perpetration via technology and new media outlets (e.g., social networking sites, texting on cellular phones, etc.), and the prevalence of this type of victimization; thus contributing to the knowledge base on which policy and program developers, school administrators, victim advocates, and criminal justice personnel rely to develop evidence-based policies and strategies to address this problem. 

The specific objectives of this 21-month study are: (1) To confirm types of violence perpetrated via technology/new media and document the prevalence of it for both victims and perpetrators, including: psychological abuse from romantic partners; stalking behaviors of former romantic partners or non-partners; and sexually harassing and victimizing behaviors.  (2) To identify the nature of these experiences, where the experiences take place, and if youth are seeking help when they experience victimization via technology/new media (from whom, the kinds of help they received, and the types of help they did not receive but wanted).  And (3) To identify if experiencing these types of victimization is related to: reports of physical violence from dating partners; the likelihood of perpetrating the same behaviors in response to victimization; and other psychosocial measures, such as mental health and delinquency.  To address these objectives, the research team will conduct an exploratory survey with 8,000 youths from high schools and middle schools in the Austin, TX and Albany, NY areas.
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Grant-Funded Publications
        
                      Co-Occurrence of Physical and Cyber Dating Violence and Bullying Among Teens
                  Co-Occurrence of Physical and Cyber Dating Violence and Bullying Among Teens
                  Dating Violence Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth
                  Technology, Teen Dating Violence and Abuse, and Bullying
                  Teen Dating Abuse and Harassment in the Digital World: Implications for Prevention and Intervention




  
Grant-Funded Datasets
        
                      http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34741.v1

  
Date Created: September 20, 2010
    
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