The Crime Research Group (CRG) conducted the Needs Assessment phase of this initiative, in consultation with VCCVS staff and a project advisory committee consisting of service providers representing agencies that serve ...

The Vicarious Trauma Toolkit (VTT) includes tools for victim service providers and their management to assess their readiness to begin addressing vicarious trauma and tools for implementing policies. Topics under the victim ...

In this Article, we provide novel evidence on the relationship between VCFs [victim compensation funds] and tort litigation, drawing from a nationally representative survey of 1558 adult respondents. Our survey presents a ...

This is a report of the evaluation study conducted to examine the effects of the Victim Impact: Listen and Learn program on the behaviors of the prisoners who attended this program. The focus of the data we collected and ...

The findings of an in-depth qualitative study, commissioned by HMIC, into the experiences and perceptions of victims of stalking and harassment who had approached the police for assistance between February and April 2017. ...

This study examined to what extent female intimate partner violence (IPV) victim participation in prosecution is associated with their future safety. In essence, are IPV victims who participate in prosecution safer than ...

In the last two decades, state legislatures have greatly expanded the legal rights of crime victims. Victims have some rights under the law in all states, ranging from the right to be notified of court and parole hearings, ...

This report provides statistics from the National Census of Victim Service Providers (VSPs), the first national data collection on the number and characteristics of these organizations. The census was conducted by BJS with ...

This webinar presented findings from the Urban Institute’s Evaluation of In-prison Programming: Addressing Prior Trauma and Victimization, funded by the National Institute of Justice. Researchers from Urban and the Center ...

Originally published in 2009, this report reviews pilot sites’ efforts, activities, approaches, challenges, and successes under a demonstration initiative funded by the U.S. Justice Department’s Office for Victims of Crime ...