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.
New Directions from the Field: Corrections (August 1998)
This OVC bulletin (NCJ 172816) is a reprint of chapter 5 from
New Directions and deals specifically with promising practices and recommendations
related to Corrections.
ASCII (70
kb) or PDF (171
kb)
Promising Practices and Strategies for Victim Services in Corrections
(July 1999)
This report (NCJ 166605) offers an overview of correctional
practices and planning strategies for responding to victims of crime.
It contains a wealth of ideas to establish and enhance corrections-based
victim services, particularly improving treatment of crime victims in
the postsentencing phase of their cases.
ASCII (148
kb) or PDF (4.1
mb)
Promising
Victim-Related Practices and Strategies in Probation and Parole (1999)
This OVC compendium (NCJ 166606) explains ways in which probation
and parole can change from being simply offender directed to a balanced
approach that addresses the specific needs of all involved, including
victims.
The
Restorative Justice and Mediation Collection: The Collection (April
2000)
This collection of OVC documents describes the field of restorative justice
and discusses the practice of victim-offender mediation as a restorative programmatic
approach for crime victims.
Directory of Victim-Offender Mediation Programs in the United
States (April 2000)
This OVC directory (NCJ 176349) provides addresses, telephone
numbers, and contact and other basic information about domestic victim-offender
mediation programs.
HTML, ASCII (143
kb), or PDF (570
kb)
Family Group Conferencing: Implications for Crime Victims (April
2000)
This OVC report (NCJ 176347) discusses the implications of family
group conferencing for crime victims based on its use in New Zealand,
Australia, Canada, and the United States.
HTML, ASCII (34
kb), or PDF (469
kb)
Guidelines for Victim-Sensitive Victim-Offender Mediation: Restorative
Justice Through Dialogue (April 2000)
This OVC report (NCJ 176346) examines victim-offender mediation,
a major program intervention that fully embraces the concepts of restorative
justice.
HTML, ASCII (86
kb), or PDF (578
kb)
Multicultural Implications of Restorative Justice: Potential
Pitfalls and Dangers (April 2000)
This OVC report (NCJ 176348) aims to inform practitioners about
multicultural concerns associated with the implementation of restorative
justice approaches.
HTML, ASCII (58
kb), or PDF (507
kb)
National Survey of Victim-Offender Mediation Programs in the
United States (April 2000)
This OVC survey report (NCJ 176350) contains information on the characteristics
of various victim-offender mediation programs operating throughout the
United States and major issues they face in the course of their daily
operations.
HTML, ASCII (53
kb), or PDF (508
kb)
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