Research + Action = Change
Social Action Research to Make a Difference
MSU’s Research Consortium on Gender-Based Violence (RCGV) provides a collaborative, multi-disciplinary vehicle for Michigan State University faculty, staff and students to use social action research to influence local, state, national and international practice and policy related to gender-based violence.
RCGV faculty and staff are dedicated to research and outreach initiatives related to ending and preventing gender-based violence and improving the community response to survivors. RCGV faculty are committed to mentoring the next generation of gender-based violence researchers by providing substantial educational and employment opportunities to undergraduate and graduate students.
“To See and Be Seen”
Jurisdictions throughout the USA have begun addressing backlogs of previously untested sexual assault kits. Based on new forensic DNA testing, decades-old cold cases are now…
“Campus climate factors associated with the likelihood of experiencing sexual assault in college”
Objective: This study explored the association between campus sexual assault victimization and campus characteristics (e.g., enrollment size), student behavioral climate (e.g., binge drinking),…
“Will you be there for me?”
If sexual assault survivors report the assault to the criminal legal system, they often need informal support from family and friends throughout the long and frequently retraumatizing…
Paper to Practice
Evidence-based advocacy made simple.
Paper to Practice (P2P) is a video series with the goal to provide easily accessible information covering recently completed research projects. These short-form videos highlight research findings from many RCGV members.
Learn more and watch the videos below:
Economic Abuse & Coerced Debt
With Dr. Adrienne Adams
Economic abuse involves behaviors that control an individual’s ability to acquire, use, and maintain economic resources, thereby threatening their economic well-being. In this season, we will learn what economic abuse entails and about coerced debt, a specific type of economic abuse. Dr. Adrienne Adams discusses how to identify when someone is experiencing economic abuse and recommendations for how advocates can best serve survivors facing this type of abuse.
Sexual Assault Kit Backlog
With Dr. Rebecca Campbell and Dr. Katie Gregory
In this season, we will be learning about the Sexual Assault Kit Backlog, a national scale problem of large stockpiles of sexual assault kits that never underwent DNA tested.
Dr. Rebecca Campbell and Dr. Katie Gregory discuss recommendations for how advocates can best serve survivors and how victim notification can support survivors’ well-being and promote justice.
Vicarious Trauma
With Dr. Apryl Pooey
Vicarious trauma is an inevitable challenge of being a crime victim advocate, but experiencing the negative effects of vicarious traumatization is treatable and preventable.
Dr. Apryl Pooley reviews the latest vicarious trauma research and interviews Lisa Tieszen, co-founder of the organizational health agency Resilience Works, to help promote the well-being of all crime victim advocates.
Featured Projects
Research Consortium on Gender-Based Violence (RCGV) members engage in research, outreach and teaching dedicated to ending gender-based violence and supporting survivors.