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.
DNA: Critical Issues for Those Who Work With Victims (April 2007)
This 24-minute DVD (NCJ 211970), produced as part of the President's DNA Initiative, is intended to raise awareness for victim advocates, criminal justice practitioners, and others who work with crime victims about the issues involved for those whose cases involve DNA evidence. The DVD focuses on the collection and preservation of evidence, what the victim can expect as the case moves forward, victim notification during the process, victim involvement and participation in the process, and cold case investigations.
Criminal Victimization
This Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) series, issued every year,
presents violent and property victimization estimates from the National
Crime Victimization Survey and homicide estimates from the FBI's Uniform
Crime Reporting program. The web page includes additional BJS publications
on varying aspects of criminal victimization.
Implementing SANE Programs in Rural Communities: The West Virginia Regional Mobile SANE Project (June 2008)
Although Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) programs have spread throughout the country, they remain scarce in rural communities. OVC’s replication guide—available in print (NCJ 221749) and as an electronic publication (NCJ 221753)—highlights an OVC-funded demonstration project from the West Virginia Foundation for Rape Information and Services (FRIS), which sought to use on-call SANEs to serve hospitals throughout a four-county region in a rural area of West Virginia. The guide focuses on how the project was planned and implemented and the lessons learned by FRIS and other stakeholders. It also provides a checklist for other rural communities to use in replicating a similar project and access to materials developed during implementation.
Looking Back—Moving Forward: A Guidebook for Communities
Responding to Sexual Assault, Workbook To Accompany Guidebook, and
Training Guide (1993)
This OVC guide (NCJ 153768) is designed to help communities develop a training
program for responding to sexual assault and write a protocol based on community
needs and resources. The workbook is designed to complement the materials in
the Guidebook and to assist Interagency Councils with organizing and carrying
out the steps for developing and implementing multidisciplinary, multiagency,
victim-centered protocol. The Training Guide is designed to prepare participants—agency
and organizational representatives on the Sexual Assault Interagency Council
(SAIC)—to write protocol.
Abstract and ordering information: Guidebook, Workbook, Training
Guide
Managing
Adult Sex Offenders in the Community—A Containment Approach (January
1997)
This NIJ Brief (NCJ 216151) discusses results of a national telephone survey identifying
how probation and parole agencies managed adult sex offenders and a
description of a model management process for containing sex offenders
serving community sentences.
OVC
National Directory of Victim Assistance Funding Opportunities 2001
(September 2001)
This OVC resource directory (NCJ 189218) lists by state and territory
the contact names and information for federally funded crime victim
assistance programs and includes particulars on grant programs that
help state and local agencies prepare for and respond to incidents
of domestic terrorism and criminal mass casualty.
Privacy
of Victims' Counseling Communications (November 2002)
Eighth in the OVC Legal Series, this bulletin (NCJ 192264) provides
an overview of state laws and issues related to the privacy of communications
between victims and their counselors.
Sex
Offenses and Offenders: An Analysis of Data on Rape and Sexual
Assault (February 1997)
Draws on more than 24 BJS statistical datasets to provide an overview of violent
victimization by sexual assault and the characteristics of the offenders who
commit these crimes. Among the findings in this BJS report (NCJ 163392), a
high percentage of the rape and sexual assault victims are children, and in
90 percent of the cases, they knew the offender.
Sexual
Assault, National Victim Assistance Academy Text (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 the needs of victims of rape and sexual assault.
Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Development & Operation
Guide (August 1999)
This OVC document (NCJ 170609) provides an effective model for sexual
assault medical evidentiary exams and offers a multidisciplinary, victim-centered
way of responding to sexual assault victims by outlining specific steps
to replicate "best practices" for improving the response to victims.
ASCII (214 kb) or PDF (7
mb)
Sexual
Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Programs: Improving the Community
Response to Sexual Assault Victims (April 2001)
This OVC bulletin (NCJ 186366) provides an overview of Sexual Assault Nurse
Examiner (SANE) programs and their contributions to improving community response
to sexual assault victims, identifies promising practices in such programs,
and provides practical guidelines for establishing a SANE program.
Sexual Assault Victimization:
An OVC Help Series Brochure (March 2002)
The OVC Help Series (BC 000669) is a set of 10 brochures that address
eight categories of crime victimization—homicide, sexual assault,
stalking, drunk driving, domestic violence, robbery, assault, and child
abuse. Each brochure includes an overview of general crime facts, a
description of what victims may experience, and suggestions for how
to seek help. The brochures are intended to supplement the information
victim service providers can offer and to give victims a resource they
can easily refer to in a crisis. Also available in other
languages.
The
Sexual Victimization of College Women (December 2000)
An assessment on the extent and nature of the sexual victimization
of college women, based on two national-level surveys, reveals that
more than 350 rapes per year may occur on a campus with a population
of 10,000 female students. The NIJ Report (NCJ 182369) presents the
systematic analysis and other findings from the study cosponsored with
Bureau of Justice Statistics.
State Legislators' Handbook for Statutory Rape Issues (February
2000)
This OVC handbook (NCJ 178238) discusses state legislative actions
to address the issues of statutory rape and provides a framework for
developing and analyzing legislation that would criminalize sexual
intercourse with a minor based on the minor's age. It includes questions
for each issue that legislators and policymakers should consider before
drafting new legislation or amending existing laws.
HTML, ASCII (34
kb), or PDF (305 kb)
Understanding DNA Evidence: A Guide for Victim Service Providers
This OVC bulletin (NCJ 185690) and brochure (BC 000657) offer victim
service providers an understanding of how DNA testing may be used
in victims' cases, the process and procedures used, and the potential
outcomes from the test.
Bulletin (April 2001): HTML, ASCII (14
kb), or PDF (573
kb)
Brochure (May 2001): ASCII (14
kb) or PDF (360
kb)
Victims of Sexual
Assault, First Response to Victims of Crime (December 2001)
This text is from First Response to Victims of Crime (NCJ 189631), an OVC handbook
for law enforcement officers. The field guide also includes contacts for assistance.
Victim-Oriented Multidisciplinary Responses to Statutory Rape
Training Guide (February 2000)
This OVC guidebook (NCJ 178237) raises the various problems law enforcement,
prosecutors and victim service providers encounter in statutory rape cases
and identifies promising practices in dealing with them.
ASCII (109 kb)
or PDF (589 kb) |