• Victims Speak: Better Understanding the Needs and Experiences of Crime Survivors 

  Cooper, Juston (Colorado Criminal Justice Reform, 2018)

  In the fall of 2016, CCJRC [Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition] commissioned Ridder/Braden and Stay Current Strategies to conduct a survey of 500 crime survivors in the Denver metro area. We also consulted with ...
• Hate Violence Against Transgender Communities 

  Unknown author (Anti-Violence Project, 2017)

  This fact sheet pulls out findings from the 2013 National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP) report about their clients experiences of hate crime, including hate violence homicides, police violence,, and sexual ...
• Measuring Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the National Crime Victimization Survey 

  Truman, Jennifer; Morgan, Rachel; Gilbert, Timothy; Vaghela, Preeti (Sciendo, 2019)

  The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) collects information on nonfatal personal and property crimes both reported and not reported to police. As part of the ongoing redesign efforts for the NCVS, the Bureau of ...
• Anne Arundel County Report of the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force 

  Barnhart, Jennifer; Bauman, Alice; Walsh, Ann (Anne Arundel County Office of the County Executive, 2020)

  In 2019, under Anne Arundel County [in Maryland] Executive Order 91, the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force (herein referred to as the Task Force) was formed. The Task Force was charged with researching and compiling data ...
• Helping Those Who Help Others: Key Findings From a Comprehensive Needs Assessment of the Crime Victims Field 

  Hope, Charity; Smith, Nancy (National Resource Center for Reaching Victims (NRC), 2020)

  To better understand the reasons why some victims are not receiving services and what resources and tools the field needs to reach more people, the NRC undertook a comprehensive assessment of the crime victims field and ...
• Who Did You Tell? College Women’s Perceived Helpfulness of Formal and Informal Support Sources After Victimization: Sexual Formal and Informal Support Sources After Victimization: Sexual Assault, Intimate Partner Violence, and Stalking Assault, Intimate Partner Violence, and Stalking 

  Uhrich, Nora (University of Montana, 2020)

  Violence against women is recognized as a serious public health concern in the United States. The prevalence and rates of victimization occurring on college campuses is problematic and has captured the attention of researchers ...
• Exposed to Scams: What Separates Victims from Non-Victims? 

  DeLiema, Marti; Fletcher, Emma; Kleffer, Christine; Mottola, Gary; Pessanha, Rubens; Trumpower, Melissa (Better Business Bureau, 2019)

  Victimization by scams and fraud depends, in part, on two-way engagement between the target of the scam and the fraudster. Some individuals simply do not engage with a scammer; others engage but at some point recognize the ...
• Peer-led groups for survivors of sexual abuse and assault: a systematic review 

  Konya, Judit; Pitt, Katherine; Johnson, Emma; Gregory, Alison; Brown, Emily; Feder, Gene; Campbell, John; Perôt, Concetta (Taylor & Francis, 2020)

  Background: There are current concerns about whether appropriate support is provided for sexual abuse and assault survivors. We reviewed the published evidence for peer-led groups in the care of survivors. Aims: To determine ...
• Reaching out to Male Survivors of Violence 

  Sanchez, Adrian; Stewart, Kevin (Healing Justice Alliance, 2018)

  This brief was developed to provide outreach and engagement best practices for agencies, community-based organizations, and other entities that are working with male survivors of violence. Currently, the victim services ...
• Statewide Elder Mistreatment Virtual Assessment Program 

  Burnett, Jason; Halphen, John (National Adult Protective Services Association (NAPSA), 2017)

  In 2017, the Texas Elder Abuse and Mistreatment Institute launched a statewide elder mistreatment assessment program (www.facntx.org) which utilizes technology in the forms of a web-based communication portal and video-phone ...
• Beyond Shelter: A Longitudinal Needs Assessment of Domestic Violence Survivors 

  Unknown author (Safe Horizon, 2017)

  This research brief from Safe Horizon aims to "understand how Safe Horizon emergency shelters can better support residents to achieve self-sufficiency; to gain a better understanding of the after-care needs of survivors ...
• How Have States Improved Accountability to Victims through JRI? 

  Matei, Andreea; Marcellin, Colette; Harvell, Samantha (Urban Institute, 2020)

  People who have experienced victimization have diverse and complex needs that require attention from federal, state, and local governments. This presentation summarizes how states have engaged victims, victim advocates, ...
• Improving Accountability to Victims through State Justice Reinvestment 

  Marcellin, Colette; Matei, Andreea (Urban Institute, 2020)

  Each year, millions of people across the United States are victims of crime. Victims offer a critical perspective in criminal justice reform efforts but are often overlooked or assumed to be opposed to reform. In fact, ...
• Exiting Prostitution: Moving Through Stages of Change During a Pandemic 

  Henderson, Angie; Lundstrom, Megan (The Avery Center, 2020)

  The COVID-19 Pandemic has undoubtedly impacted the ability for individuals to exit the commercial sex trade. Prostituted persons’ ability to meet their quota has been severely restricted by widespread lockdowns. To ...
• Individual, Institutional, and Community Sources of School Violence: A Meta-Analysis 

  Turanovic, Jillian; Pratt, Travis; Kulig, Teresa; Cullen, Francis (National Criminal Justice Reference Services (NCJRS), 2020)

  The current study subjected the body of empirical literature on school violence to a meta-analysis, or “quantitative synthesis,”to determine the key individual-, school-, and community-level factors that influence violence ...
• The Consequences of School Violence: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 

  Polanin, Joshua; Espelage, Dorothy; Grotpeter, Jennifer (National Criminal Justice Reference Services (NCJRS), 2020)

  The purpose of the project was to find, collect, and synthesize all available published and unpublished research reports that quantitatively analyzed the longitudinal relation between a measure of school violence (e.g., ...
• After Older Adult Maltreatment: Service Needs and Barriers 

  Olomi, Julie; Wright, Naomi; Hasche, Leslie; DePrince, Anne (Traumatic Stress Studies Group, 2019)

  Little research is available specific to the service needs or related barriers of maltreated older adults. Further, no studies have asked at-risk older adults directly for their perspectives on service needs and barriers. ...
• Crime Rates in a Pandemic: the Largest Criminological Experiment in History 

  Stickle, Ben; Felson, Marcus (Springer Open, 2020)

  The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 has impacted the world in ways not seen in generations. Initial evidence suggests one of the effects is crime rates, which appear to have fallen drastically in many communities around the ...
• Sexual Harassment and Assault at Work: Understanding the Costs 

  Shaw, Elyse; Hegewisch, Ariane; Hess, Cynthia (Institute for Women's Policy Research, 2018)

  Through a review of the current literature on sexual harassment and assault, this briefing paper highlights how workplace sexual harassment and assault affect women’s economic advancement and security, and the costs of ...
• Youth Internet Safety Education: Aligning Programs With the Evidence Base 

  Finkelhor, David; Walsh, Kerryann; Jones, Lisa; Mitchell, Kimberly; Collier, Anne (Crimes Against Children Research Center, 2020)

  Background:This review critically examines the messages of youth internet safety education programs in the light of research about both the dynamics of internet dangers and the efficacy of youth prevention education.Methods:Using ...

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