Victim services
Report on Sexual Victimization in Prisons and Jails
Ceremony Honors Victims' Rights Advocates
An unexpected hero who stopped a shooter in a diner, a lawyer dedicated to delivering services to victims in remote Indian County, a mother who lost her 18-year-old daughter to murder.
These are three of the 12 extraordinary individuals and one team honored during the annual ceremony for the National Crime Victims' Service Awards, which took place in Washington, DC, April 12. The Department...
Our Aging Population: Promoting Empowerment, Preventing Victimization, and Implementing Coordinated Interventions: A Report of Proceedings
Identity Theft
Victims of identity theft are citizens who have had bank accounts wiped out, credit histories ruined, and jobs and valuable possessions taken away. In some cases, they have even been arrested for crimes they did not commit. The financial toll exacted by identity theft can be crippling, and the emotional trauma can be as devastating as many of the most violent offenses. Far from being...
Office of Justice Programs Annual Report to Congress Fiscal Year 2012
Linking Systems of Care for Children and Youth Guiding Principles
Cultural and Ethical Considerations in Late-life Polyvictimization
Enhanced Collaborative Model To Combat Human Trafficking
2016 National Crime Victims' Service Awards Ceremony
The National Crime Victims' Service Awards Ceremony was held on April 12, 2016, at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) recognized individuals and organizations that demonstrate outstanding service in supporting crime victims and victim services. Video run time: 1 hour 8 min.
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2017 National Crime Victims' Service Awards Ceremony
Join the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) on April 7 for the 2017 National Crime Victims' Service Awards Ceremony, which recognizes individuals and organizations that demonstrate outstanding service in supporting crime victims and victim services. Video run time: 1 hr 22 min.
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What is the Crime Victims Fund?
This video describes the Crime Victims Fund, a major funding source for victim services throughout the Nation that is made up of fines, special assessments, and forfeited bail paid by people who are convicted of federal crimes in U.S. courts around the country. Video run time: 2:34 min.
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Human Trafficking: 'Hidden in Plain Sight'
By Matt Dummermuth, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General
Department of Justice
Office of Justice Programs
People may tend to think of my home state of Iowa as a place of endless cornfields, where honest and hardworking people live. Which it is. But like all of the U.S., Iowa faces human trafficking, an evil, brutal and pervasive crime that degrades and dehumanizes every person it touches...
OJP PDAAG Matt Dummermuth visits Alaska Native Villages, Courts, State Law Enforcement, and Public Safety Officials (a photo journal)
The meeting was part of a visit to cities and Alaska Native Villages across the state by Dummermuth to learn first-hand the various public safety, justice system, and victims' services challenges natives, courts and law enforcement agencies face in Alaska. Dummermuth hopes to better understand the various challenges Alaska Natives face, which will help inform possible Justice Department solutions.
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