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.

Campus Crime and Victimization, National Victim Assistance Academy 2002
The NVAA text emphasizes foundations in victimology and victims' rights and services, as well as new developments in the field of victim assistance, and contains a chapter on campus crime.

Campus Sexual Assault Victims' Bill of Rights (1992)
This legislation was enacted by Congress as part of the Higher Education Amendments of 1992. The law requires that all colleges and universities (both public and private) participating in Federal student aid programs afford sexual assault victims certain basic rights.

Hate Crimes on Campus: The Problem and Efforts To Confront It (October 2001)
This BJA monograph (NCJ 187249) examines four aspects of the problem of bias, prejudice, and hate crimes on American college and university campuses.
ASCII (48 kb) or PDF (322 kb)

Sexual Victimization of College Women (December 2000)
This NIJ research report (NCJ 182369) examines findings from a 1997 survey that gathered information on female college students' experiences of sexual victimization. Summary, ASCII (76 kb), or PDF (982 kb)