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	The Making a Difference Project is a bi-national effort of sixteen community teams in the U.S. and Canada. The teams include representatives from prosecution, law enforcement, community victim advocacy, and health services, who are working together to challenge the legal process to more effectively prosecute sex offenders. The results of their work will be publicly available here for the benefit of communities across both countries and around the world. > More Information

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	The National Action Plan Against Sexual Assault originated in Canada. It has been expanded to the US through a grant from the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI). The plan seeks to challenge the legal system in both countries to more effectively respond to sexual assault and child sexual abuse. > More Information

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	Making a Difference Conference In October 2003, End Violence Against Women (EVAW), in the United States, and Carleton University, in Canada, were awarded grants to sponsor two national conferences, one within each country, to promote integrated community responses to sexual violence, including: addressing crimes that do not fit the stereotypical definition of rape, conducting effective investigations, and measuring and documenting change.
	NAPASA Reference Materials Reference material on the basic NAPASA research, the text of the major research papers, and the complete text of a symposium on NAPASA presented at the 2002 Annual Convention of SPSSI. Public domain documents that may be downloaded and reproduced for local use.
	Applied NAPASA Materials A set of applied materials based on the research for use by local communities to promote social change by documenting the outrageous, challenging the legal system, and supporting victims. These documents may be freely downloaded and reprinted for local use.