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Resources for Victim Service Providers - Safety Planning

  • Stalking and Harassment Assessment and Risk Profile (SHARP)

    The Stalking and Harassment Assessment and Risk Profile (SHARP) is a 43 item web-based assessment developed from the empirical research, clinical literature, stories from stalking victims, case studies, as well as feedback from victims, advocates, and other professionals in the field. SHARP provides an assessment of the “big picture” of the stalking situation.

  • Technology Safety Planning with Survivors

    This handout provides some simple but critical tips about phone, computer, email, instant messaging and other technologies to discuss if someone you know is in danger. National Network to End Domestic Violence, 2013.

  • Privacy & Safety on Facebook: A Guide for Survivors

    This guide lays out both basic and more advanced privacy and safety features of Facebook, which can help survivors when they are trying to maximize privacy when using Facebook or are attempting to document an abusers’ online harassment.

  • Safety Planning with Adult Sexual Assault Survivors: A Guide for Advocates and Attorneys

    This guide is designed to help advocates and attorneys work with survivors of non-intimate partner sexual assault to identify potential threats and create a safety plan tailored to the individual’s needs and concerns. While parts of this guide may be useful when safety planning with minors, the guide is designed with adult survivors of sexual assault in mind. Victim Rights Law Center, 2013.