The following information resources may offer victim assistance information,
research findings, educational materials, or strategies for program and
policy development specific to this topic. A general listing of all OVC
publications is also available.
Community Crisis Response
(August 1999)
This fact sheet (FS 000148) describes OVC's role in providing support
to communities that have suffered crimes resulting in multiple victimizations
or communitywide trauma. ![e-only icon](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080921153147im_/http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/images/e_only_bttn.gif)
Crisis Communications Guide &
Toolkit (2002)
This online resource provides resources to empower members facing crises
and to guide their school communities toward hope, healing, and renewal.
Providing Relief
to Families After a Mass Fatality: Roles of the Medical Examiner's Office
and the Family Assistance Center (November 2002)
This bulletin (NCJ 188912) offers medical examiners, coroners, and victim
assistance professionals guidance, resources, and lessons learned about
working with victims' families after a mass fatality event. Recommendations
are drawn from the disaster response practices used by the National Transportation
Safety Board and the experiences of the Oklahoma City Medical Examiner's
Office during the aftermath of the 1995 terrorist bombing in that city.
Providing Services to Victims Viewing a Trial at Multiple Locations (September 2006)
To help victims and survivors of mass violence and terrorism, some courts have ordered the closed-circuit transmission of trial proceedings to multiple locations so that victims may more easily participate in the trial process. This e-pub (NCJ 212293) presents a protocol for providing standardized quality services in a safe haven environment to victims during the trial, sentencing, and other court proceedings of those involved in crimes of mass violence and terrorism. ![e-pub icon](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080921153147im_/http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/images/e_pub.gif)
Responding to Victims of Terrorism and Mass Violence Crimes: Coordination
and Collaboration Between American Red Cross Workers and Crime Victim
Service Providers (September 2005)
This booklet (NCJ 209681), jointly published by OVC and the American
Red Cross (ARC), provides information on how ARC staff and volunteers can
better assist victims of terrorism and mass violence crimes. It focuses
on victims' rights and needs, OVC resources, victim compensation and assistance,
and key differences between the needs of victims of crime and victims of
natural disasters. |