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The goal of the Statutory Rape Prevention Project is to increase awareness, mandatory reporting, and prevention of Statutory Sexual Seduction (AKA Statutory Rape) and other age-gap relationships.

During this presentation, you will learn about teen dating violence, consent, Nevada laws pertaining to age-gap relationships, the harmful impact of these relationships on the victims, and best-practice in reporting.

• Statutory Rape has harmful consequences on the victim. Research indicates some of the harmful consequences are increased teen pregnancy rates, increase in STIs, increase in high school dropout rates, and earlier drug and alcohol use in victims of these crimes.
• As mandatory reporters, you are obligated to report violations of these crimes. This presentation assists you in identifying best-practice in reporting.
• Due to COVID-19 many of the teens you work with do not have as much access to this information from their health classes. This presentation will provide you with the knowledge to better assist the teens you serve.

ABOUT THE PROJECT: The Statutory Rape Prevention Project is a program of Nevada Public Health Foundation in partnership with The Nevada Division of Welfare and Supportive Services. Since its creation in 1999, the Statutory Rape Prevention Project’s mission has been to increase the prevention and enforcement of age-gap relationships and increase awareness about the harmful, lifelong consequences on the victims by educating Nevadans and their communities. For more information visit: http://www.nevadapublichealthfoundation.org/srpp/.