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.
I'm Going to Federal Court with Mark & Julie (1997)
This OVC activity book (PDF only) includes pages to color, games, puzzles,
and information to teach
child witnesses about the court experience they face. The book is a companion
piece to the video
Inside Federal Court (September 1995;
NCJ 157156), which also instructs children and their families
about the court process to build confidence and reduce anxiety about
testifying. PDF (10.35 mb)
Learning All About Court With "B.J.": An Activity
Book for Children Going to Federal or
Tribal Court (September 1997)
This OVC activity book (NCJ 167252) contains games, puzzles, and information
designed to instruct
children on the jobs performed by tribal and federal court personnel.
The activity book uses the same
characters as and is designed to accompany the video B.J. Learns
About Federal and Tribal Court (NCJ 139730). PDF (12 mb)
New Directions from the Field: Victims' Rights and Services for the
21st Century:
Judiciary (1998)
This OVC bulletin (NCJ 172815) is a reprint of chapter 4, which offers 14 recommendations
on how judges and court personnel can provide victim services and ensure victims’ rights.
New Directions from the Field: Victims' Rights and Services for the
21st Century:
Legal Community (1998)
This OVC bulletin (NCJ 172820) is a reprint of chapter 9, which offers recommendations
to
improve the legal community’s response to crime victims.
New Directions from the Field: Victims' Rights and Services for the
21st Century:
Prosecution (1998)
This OVC bulletin (NCJ 172814) is a reprint of chapter 3, which discusses the
role of
prosecutors in ensuring victims’ rights and offers 14 recommendations
on how to improve such
services.
New Directions from the Field: Victims' Rights and Services for the
21st Century, Strategies
for Implementation Tools for Action Guide (February 2000)
This OVC action guide (NCJ 179558) provides valuable resources for implementing
the
recommendations, ideas, and promising practices contained in New Directions
from the Field:
Victims' Rights and Services for the 21st Century.
HTML, ASCII (287 kb), or PDF (1.8 mb; also available in 28 smaller PDF
files)
OVC Legal Series Bulletins
OVC Legal Series bulletins are designed to inform victim advocates and other
professionals who work with victims of crime about various legal issues relating
to crime victims. They highlight existing legislation, important court decisions
in cases in which courts have addressed the issues, and current trends or "hot
topics" relating to each legal issue.
The Crime Victim's Right To Be Present (January 2002)
This OVC bulletin (NCJ 189187) provides an overview of state laws addressing
the rights of victims to attend criminal justice proceedings, particularly
trials, and how their presence might affect the rights of defendants.
HTML or PDF (194
kb)
Enforcement of Protective Orders (January 2002)
This OVC bulletin (NCJ 189190) provides an overview of state laws and issues
related to the enforcement of protective orders.
HTML or PDF (117
kb)
Ordering Restitution to the Crime Victim (November 2002)
This OVC bulletin (NCJ 189189) provides an overview of state laws addressing
the rights of victims to receive court-ordered restitution from offenders
in criminal cases.
HTML or PDF (137
kb)
Privacy of Victims’ Counseling Communications (November
2002)
This OVC bulletin (NCJ 192264) provides an overview of state laws and issues
related to the privacy of communications between victims and their counselors.
HTML or PDF (137
kb)
Reporting School Violence (January 2002)
This OVC bulletin (NCJ 189191) provides an overview of state laws enacted
in recent years to address violence in U.S. schools.
HTML or PDF (192
kb)
Restitution: Making It Work (November 2002)
This OVC bulletin (NCJ 189193) provides an overview of state legislation
and issues related to the collection of court-ordered restitution to crime
victims.
HTML or PDF (129
kb)
State Legislative Approaches to Funding for Victims’ Services (December 2003)
This OVC bulletin (NCJ 199477) provides an overview of state legislative approaches to raising funds for victim compensation and assistance programs.
HTML or PDF (415 kb)
Strengthening Antistalking Statutes (January 2002)
This OVC bulletin (NCJ 189192) provides an overview of state legislation
and issues related to stalking.
HTML or PDF (117
kb)
Victim Input Into Plea Agreements (November 2002)
This OVC bulletin (NCJ 189188) provides an overview of state laws addressing
the rights of victims to be involved during plea negotiations in criminal
cases.
HTML or PDF (155
kb)
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)
The Restorative Justice and Mediation Collection: Executive Summary
(July 2000)
This OVC bulletin (NCJ 180301) summarizes the five documents in the Restorative
Justice and
Mediation Collection, which provides guidance on establishing victim-sensitive
restorative justice
programs and is a valuable resource for probation and parole agencies,
judicial agencies, religious
groups, victim service organizations, community-based organizations,
and those interested in a
restorative conflict resolution process.
HTML, ASCII (53
kb),
or PDF (950
kb)
Victims, Judges, and Juvenile Court Reform Through Restorative Justice
(October 2000)
This OVC bulletin (NCJ 179383) documents the views expressed by victims
of juvenile offenders and
juvenile court judges who were engaged in a structured dialogue about the
problems in juvenile court and their potential solutions.
HTML, ASCII (61
kb), or PDF (1.1 mb) |