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	Articles and Publications Select a category below to view a detailed description of available resources: General Victim Issues Video History of the Crime Victims’ Field Available Online Victim Impact: Listen and Learn Discussion Guide Victim Impact Statement Resource Kit Restitution Documenting Restitution Losses Survey Results The Scope of Crime Victim Services Within Attorneys General Offices Technical Assistance Conducting a Basic Victim Needs Assessment: Issues to Consider Focus Groups: An Important Tool For Strategic Planning Victims and Corrections Community Service Institutional and Community Corrections-Sponsored Community Service Projects to Benefit Crime Victims In Conjunction With National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Implementing Victims' Rights: Why Corrections Professionals Should Care The Three "R's" of Re-Entry Sample Conditions for Community Corrections Offender Apology Package Victim Safety Home Security for Victims National Crime Victim Advocates Promote Cell Phones as a Safety Tool “Put It On ICE” Victim Services Communicating with Victims: "The Do's and Don'ts" General Victim Issues Title: Video History of the Crime Victims’ Field Available Online Category: General Related Categories: Length: 50 hours of Video Interviews and Corresponding Texts Summary: The Oral History of the Crime Victim Assistance Field is now available online at http://vroh.uakron.edu. The website offers users more than 60 hours of video clips which encompass the first hand accounts of more than 50 of the field’s history-making pioneers. The website and video archive represent the world’s most comprehensive and extensive archive of its kind anywhere in the world. Click Here to access the Video History Project Title: Victim Impact: Listen and Learn Discussion Guide Category: Victim's Rights Related Categories: Length: 34 pages Summary: This Resource Package was developed by Victim Advocate Anne Seymour (Justice Solutions: Washington, D.C. 2001) to provide guidelines for courts and correctional agencies that are responsible for implementing victims’ right to an impact statement. Provides guidelines and helpful suggestions for victims and victim service providers to help them develop effective victim impact statements. Includes sample cover letter and sample impact statement development form. CLICK HERE to view Victim Impact: Listen and Learn Videotape Discussion Guide Introduction CLICK HERE to access the online version of the Victim Impact: Listen and Learn Videotape Discussion Guide CLICK HERE to print the Victim Impact: Listen and Learn Videotape Discussion Guide in pdf format Title: Victim Impact Statement Resource Kit. Category: Victim's Rights Related Categories: Victim Impact Statements Length: 15 pages Summary: This Resource Package was developed by Victim Advocate Anne Seymour (Justice Solutions: Washington, D.C. 2001) to provide guidelines for courts and correctional agencies that are responsible for implementing victims’ right to an impact statement. Provides guidelines and helpful suggestions for victims and victim service providers to help them develop effective victim impact statements. Includes sample cover letter and sample impact statement development form. CLICK HERE to view Complete Resource Package CLICK HERE to print Complete Resource Package in pdf format Restitution Title: Documenting Restitution Losses Category: Restitution Related Categories: Length: 3 pages Summary: Article provides a very helpful list of guidelines to help victims document their restitution loses. Includes a comprehensive list of expenses that should be considered when making restitution claims and specific ways to document them. CLICK HERE to view Documenting Restitution Losses CLICK HERE to print Documenting Restitution Losses in pdf format Survey Results Title: The Scope of Crime Victim Services Within Attorneys General Offices Category: Survey Results Related Categories: Length: 9 pages Summary: In 2004, the National Association of Attorneys General – with support from Justice Solutions and the National Association of VOCA Assistance Administrators – conducted a survey about programs and services sponsored by state Attorneys General for victims and survivors of crime. This “Summary Report” – along with a roster of identified AG-sponsored victim assistance programs – provides an excellent overview of victims’ rights and services available through most states’ Attorneys General Offices. CLICK HERE to view The Scope of Crime Victim Services Within Attorneys General Offices CLICK HERE to print The Scope of Crime Victim Services Within Attorneys General Offices in pdf format Technical Assistance Title: Conducting a Basic Victim Needs Assessment: Issues to Consider Category: Technical Assistance Related Categories: Length: 2 pages Summary: This document includes a detailed overview of crime victims’ most basic needs; their needs related to their core rights as victims; and their potential need for services (which can be easily incorporated into a basic victim needs assessment tool). CLICK HERE to view Conducting a Basic Victim Needs Assessment : Issues to Consider CLICK HERE to print Conducting a Basic Victim Needs Assessment : Issues to Consider in pdf format Title: Focus Groups: An Important Tool For Strategic Planning Category: Technical Assistance Related Categories: Length: 34 pages Summary: CLICK HERE to view Focus Groups: An Important Tool For Strategic Planning CLICK HERE to print Focus Groups: An Important Tool For Strategic Planning in pdf format Victims and Corrections Title: Community Service Category: Victims and Corrections Related Categories: Restitution Length: 2 pages Summary: Addresses the issue Community Service in the context of community corrections to hold offenders accountable and to repay the community for the damage resulting from the commission of the crime. Includes a list of some of the most promising examples of actual Community Service programs. CLICK HERE to view Community Service CLICK HERE to print Community Service in pdf format Title: Institutional and Community Corrections-sponsored Community Service Projects to Benefit Crime Victims In Conjunction With National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Category: Victims and Corrections Related Categories: Length: 24 pages Summary: Summaries of Community Service Projects Submitted by: Introduction and Overview Arizona Department of Corrections Brazoria County (TX) Community Supervision and Corrections Department California Youth Authority California Department of Corrections Colorado Division of Probation Services Dallas County, Texas Crime Victims Council Dupage County, Illinois Victims’ Concerns Committee Iowa Sixth Judicial District Dept. of Correctional Services, Cedar Rapids Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections Nebraska Department of Correctional Services West Virginia Department of Corrections Click each of the links above to view the Summaries on line: CLICK HERE to print: Institutional and Community Corrections-sponsored Community Service Projects to Benefit Crime Victims In Conjunction WithNational Crime Victims’ Rights Week in .pdf format Title: Implementing Victims' Rights: Why Corrections Professionals Should Care Category: Technical Assistance Related Categories: Length: 6 pages Summary: CLICK HERE to view Implementing Victims' Rights: Why Corrections Professionals Should Care CLICK HERE to print Implementing Victims' Rights: Why Corrections Professionals Should Care in pdf format Title: Three R's of Re-Entry Category: Victims and Corrections Related Categories: Length: 22 pages Summary: Written by a highly-respected team of community and institutional corrections and victim assistance professionals, and a victim of crime (with support from Justice Solutions), “The Three Rs of Reentry” addresses the tenets of reparative justice, relationships and responsibility within the context of crime and victimization. CLICK HERE to view The Three R's of Re-Entry CLICK HERE to print The Three R's of Re-Entry in pdf format Title: Sample Conditions of Offender Community Supervision Relevant to Crime Victims Category: Victims and Corrections Related Categories: Length: 3 pages Summary: When a convicted offender is sentenced to community supervision (on probation or parole), his or her victim should consider the range of options available to promote information, notification and safety. This document lists the range of issues that crime victims should consider as possible conditions of probation or parole. CLICK HERE to view Sample Conditions of Offender Community Supervision Relevant to Crime Victims CLICK HERE to print Sample Conditions of Offender Community Supervision Relevant to Crime Victims in pdf format Title: Offender Apology Package Category:Offender Related Categories: Length: 5 pages Summary: In many criminal and juvenile cases, judges and paroling authorities include an “apology to the victim” as a condition of the sentence, or a victim will seek an apology as part of the sentencing process. This package includes: a letter to the victim/survivor describing the apology process; a guided curriculum for offenders to help them reach a point where they are prepared and ready to apologize to their victim(s) in a meaningful way; and a cover letter for victims who choose to receive an apology from their offender(s). CLICK HERE to view the Offender Apology Package CLICK HERE to print the Offender Apology Package in pdf format Victim Safety Title: Home Security for Victims Category: Victim Safety Related Categories: Length: 3 pages Summary: When someone is victimized, concerns about personal and family safety may occur. This document provides useful tips about how to ensure that one’s home is as safe as possible in the aftermath of crime. CLICK HERE to view Home Security for Victims CLICK HERE to print Home Security for Victims in pdf format Title: National Crime Victim Advocates Promote Cell Phones as a Safety Tool “Put It On ICE” Category: Victim Safety Related Categories: Length: 3 pages Summary: When someone is victimized, concerns about personal and family safety may occur. This document provides useful tips about how to ensure that one’s home is as safe as possible in the aftermath of crime. CLICK HERE to view the full article National Crime Victim Advocates Promote Cell Phones as a Safety Tool “Put It On ICE” Victim Services Title: Communicating with Victims: "The Do's and Don'ts" Category: Victim Services Related Categories: Length: 13 pages Summary: A very practical guide discussing "what" and "what not" to say to victims in the wake of the crime. Includes discussion of such topics as: clues related to non-verbal communications; effective listening skills, tips for telephone interviews; answering difficult questions; communicating with child victims; and communicating with grieving victims. CLICK HERE to view Communicating with Victims: "The Do's and Don'ts" CLICK HERE to print Communicating with Victims: "The Do's and Don'ts" in pdf format
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