NCJ Number
192245
Date Published
August 1997
Length
576 pages
Annotation
Conference workshop presentations and support materials are presented from the 23rd Annual North American Victim Assistance Conference on "Yesterday Victim, Today Survivor, Tomorrow Advocate" sponsored by the National Organization for Victim Assistance (NOVA), held August 1997, in Houston, Texas, with an emphasis on victims, victim survivors, and victim advocates.
Abstract
This report provided workshop outlines, presentations, and support material. The workshops focused on 19 theme tracks covering intervention, prevention, and training for victims, victim survivors, and victim advocates. The 19 tracks included: (1) counseling and advocacy; (2) program management; (3) law enforcement and victim services; (4) prosecution and victim assistance; (5) courts and corrections; (6) mental health and victim services; (7) OVC listens: forming partnerships for the 21st Century; (8) legislation and litigation; (9) diversity and victim services; (10) community crisis response; (11) international victim assistance; (12) violence prevention; (13) skills development; (14) services for children and the elderly; (15) violence against women; (16) survivors of homicide and drunk driving; (17) Federal victim assistance issues; (18) expanding the reach of services; and (19) training programs in victim assistance.