Post-Conviction Advocacy for Survivors of Human Trafficking: A Guide for Attorneys
Date Published
2016
Agencies
OVC-Sponsored
Courts
American Bar Association: Survivor Reentry Project
With support from OVC, this American Bar Association website provides national training and technical assistance for attorneys working with survivors of human trafficking who have been convicted of a crime as a result of their victimization.
Developing an Elder Abuse Case Review Multidisciplinary Team in Your Community
Date Published
May 2017
Agencies
OVC-Sponsored
Responding to Trauma Among Young Men of Color: Adapting the Crown Heights Approach For Your Community
Date Published
July 2016
Agencies
OVC-Sponsored
Faces of Human Trafficking
Date Published
January 2016
Agencies
OVC
Examining Criminal Justice Responses to and Help-Seeking Patterns of Sexual Violence Survivors With Disabilities
Date Published
June 2016
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Using Federal Law To Prosecute Domestic Violence Crimes in Indian Country DVD and Facilitator's Guide
Date Published
October 2012
Agencies
OVC
WomensLaw.org
This website provides state-specific plain-language legal information and resources for survivors of abuse. OVC helps fund the WomensLaw Email Hotline, which provides legal crisis intervention support using trauma-informed approaches that protect the safety and confidentiality of victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
U.S. Department of Justice: Elder Justice Initiative
This site serves as a resource for victims of elder abuse and financial exploitation and their families, practitioners who serve them, law enforcement agencies and prosecutors, and researchers seeking to understand and address this silent epidemic plaguing our Nation's elders. Victims and family members will find information about how to report and get assistance for victims of elder abuse and financial exploitation.
Enhancing the Legal Profession's Response to Victims of Child Abuse
Date Published
2009
Agencies
OVC-Sponsored
Improving Human Trafficking Victim Identification-Validation and Dissemination of a Screening Tool
Date Published
June 2014
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Multidisciplinary Response to Crime Victims with Disabilities: State-Level Replication Guide
Date Published
September 2012
Agencies
OVC
No More Rights Without Remedies: An Impact Evaluation of the National Crime Victim Law Institute's Victims' Rights Clinics, Final Technical Report
Date Published
January 2012
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
American Bar Association: Center on Children and the Law
The Center works to improve children's lives through advances in law, justice, knowledge, practice and public policy.
Evaluation of the Judicial Oversight Demonstration: Findings and Lessons on Implementation
Date Published
June 2008
Agencies
NIJ
CrimeSolutions
CrimeSolutions is a searchable online database of evidence-based programs that helps practitioners and policymakers understand what programs and practices work in criminal and juvenile justice, victim assistance, school safety, and youth mentoring.
Serving Limited English Proficient (LEP) Battered Women: A National Survey of the Courts' Capacity to Provide Protection Orders
Date Published
June 2006
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Managing Adult Sex Offenders in the Community: A Containment Approach, Research in Brief
Date Published
January 1997
Agencies
NIJ
Resource Guidelines: Improving Court Practice in Child Abuse and Neglect Cases
Date Published
January 1995
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored
Civil Trial Cases and Verdicts in Large Counties, 2001
Date Published
April 2004
Agencies
BJS
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund provides litigation, legal advocacy, and community education on behalf of victims of anti-Asian violence and services for women and youth survivors of human trafficking.
Legal Services Corporation (LSC)
LSC is a private, non-profit corporation established by Congress in 1974. LSC makes grants to independent local programs across the country to provide civil legal services to Americans without considerable financial means. The Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 granted the LSC the responsibility to extend program services to those eligible for T and U Visas.
VictimLaw
VictimLaw is a unique and groundbreaking resource, which offers user-friendly access to thousands of victims' rights statutes (state and federal), Tribal laws, constitutional amendments, court rules, and administrative code provisions. VictimLaw is managed by the OVC Training and Technical Assistance Center.