Audiobooks Available to Help Young Survivors of Human Trafficking
Access new audiobooks offering age-appropriate resources and support to youth during their involvement with the justice system as a victim or witness.
Juvenile witnesses
Jamie's Story: A Journey Through (and Beyond) the Legal System Audiobook
March 2023
Jamie’s Story follows a young individual who identifies as nonbinary and serves as a victim witness in a sex trafficking case.
The story follows them as—
- they are questioned during a police investigation;
- speak with a prosecutor in preparation for testifying in court; and
- receive support from their therapist, group home staff, and victim advocate.
Throughout the audiobook, Jamie and anyone following their story, learn some techniques to help cope with strong feelings.
View New Materials to Help Young Survivors in Tribal Communities
New materials feature artwork and stories by Native artists and authors, that focus on the unique challenges faced by child victims and witnesses in Tribal communities.
OVC Materials for Child Victim and Witnesses Support
April 2022
Learn about materials that support children and youth, ages 2–18, as they navigate the justice system. Panelists discuss how OVC's Child Victims and Witnesses Support Materials can help children and youth in both criminal and family court settings understand the justice system, their rights, and the roles of different practitioners that they may encounter.
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Child Victims and Witnesses Support Materials: What’s Going On? Your Rights and Who You’ll Meet
Date Published
January 2022
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OVC
Child Victims and Witnesses Support Materials: Sergio’s Story – A Journey Through (and beyond) the Legal System
Date Published
January 2022
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OVC
Child Victims and Witnesses Support Materials: Jamie’s Story – A Journey Through (and beyond) the Legal System
Date Published
January 2022
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OVC
Child Victims and Witnesses Support Materials
Introduction
For children and youth, participating in the justice system as a victim or witness can be especially confusing, distressing, and even re-traumatizing. Child Victims and Witnesses Support Materials was created to support children and youth during their involvement with the justice system as a victim or witness to a crime.
Based on the input of national experts and lived experience experts, these materials are...
Child Victims and Witnesses Support Materials: Who's That? In Family and Dependency Court
Date Published
June 2021
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OVC
Child Victims and Witnesses Support Materials: Who's That? In Criminal Court
Date Published
June 2021
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OVC
Child Victims and Witnesses Support Materials: There's More to Me
Date Published
June 2021
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OVC
Child Victims and Witnesses Support Materials: It's Not Just You
Date Published
June 2021
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OVC
Child Victims and Witnesses Support Materials: Who is Everybody? In Family or Dependency Court
Date Published
June 2021
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OVC
Child Victims and Witnesses Support Materials: Who Is Everybody? In Criminal Court
Date Published
June 2021
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OVC
Child Victims and Witnesses Support Materials: I Am Still Isabella
Date Published
June 2021
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OVC
Child Victims and Witnesses Support Materials: I Am Malik
Date Published
June 2021
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OVC
Child Victims and Witnesses Support Materials: I Am Isabella
Date Published
June 2021
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OVC
Child Victims and Witnesses Support Materials: What Is Your Job? In Family or Dependency Court
Date Published
June 2021
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OVC
Child Victims and Witnesses Support Materials: What is Your Job? In Criminal Court
Date Published
June 2021
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OVC
Child Victims and Witnesses Support Materials: Maya's Homes
Date Published
June 2021
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OVC
Child Victims and Witnesses Support Materials: Brave Oscar
Date Published
June 2021
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OVC
Child Victims and Witnesses Support Materials: Brave Maya
Date Published
June 2021
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OVC
Child Victims and Witnesses Support Materials
Date Published
June 2021
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OVC
Evaluation of Training and Technical Assistance During the "Complex Homicide" Project
Date Published
August 2020
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Evaluation,
Program/Project Description
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OVC-Sponsored