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U.S. Department of Justice: Elder Justice Initiative
Enhancing the Legal Profession's Response to Victims of Child Abuse
Improving Human Trafficking Victim Identification-Validation and Dissemination of a Screening Tool
Screening for Human Trafficking: Guidelines for Administering the Trafficking Victim Identification Tool (TVIT)
Multidisciplinary Response to Crime Victims with Disabilities: State-Level Replication Guide
No More Rights Without Remedies: An Impact Evaluation of the National Crime Victim Law Institute's Victims' Rights Clinics, Final Technical Report
Responding to Elder Abuse: What Judges and Court Personnel Should Know (DVD)
American Bar Association (ABA): Center on Children and the Law
CrimeSolutions
CrimeSolutions is a searchable online database of evidence-based programs covering a range of justice-related topics, including victim assistance programs, corrections, courts, crime prevention, law enforcement, and more. The site is a tool to understand, access, and integrate scientific evidence about programs into programmatic and policy decisions.
Serving Limited English Proficient (LEP) Battered Women: A National Survey of the Courts' Capacity to Provide Protection Orders
New Directions From the Field: Victims' Rights and Services for the 21st Century - Legal Community
Resource Guidelines: Improving Court Practice in Child Abuse and Neglect Cases
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.
U.S. Department of Justice: Tribal Justice and Safety
The Tribal Justice and Safety website provides information for American Indian and Alaska Native Tribal governments to further improve the safety of their communities. This site also provides information to the general public and other federal agencies to better understand the resources available for improving safety in American Indian and Alaska Native communities.
National Criminal Justice Association
The National Criminal Justice Association represents state, Tribal, and local governments on crime prevention and crime control issues. Its members represent all facets of the criminal and juvenile justice community, from law enforcement, corrections, prosecution, defense, courts, victim-witness services, and educational institutions to federal, state, and local elected officials.
National Crime Victim Law Institute (NCVLI)
NCVLI is an educational institution dedicated to promoting a fair and balanced criminal justice system through legal education, legal scholarship, legal information resources, and legal advocacy. NCVLI’s attorney staff accomplishes this mission by filing amicus curiae (friend of the court) briefs in cases nationwide advocating for victims’ rights; providing legal technical assistance to attorneys who represent crime victims, and conducting trainings all across the country...
Court Appointed Special Advocates/Guardian ad Litem for Children
This organization provides advocacy, public education, and resources for CASA and Guardian ad Litem programs across the country. The association also trains CASA and Guardian ad Litem volunteers, who work to find safe, permanent homes for abused and neglected children.