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SUMMARY:Intimate Partner Homicide of Latinas: Risk Factors and Service Barriers
DESCRIPTION:Latinas experience intimate partner homicide (IPH) at disproportionately high rates\, however\, research on how intimate partner violence (IPV) leads to homicide in this population is limited. To expand this research\, Esperanza United used a community-centered\, evidence-based approach to examine barriers to help-seeking for Latinx victims of intimate partner homicide.  Listening sessions and key informant interviews with survivors\, advocates\, and practitioners from nine community-based Latine organizations were conducted followed by an in-depth qualitative research analysis of homicide risks\, protective factors\, and barriers to support. \nLearning objectives:  \n\n Increase knowledge about IPH risk factors and service barriers among Latina survivors\n Grow confidence in promoting community strengths in prevention\n Discuss system and policy advocacy\n\nPresenter Bios: Alondra D. Garza\, Ph.D. and Vanesa Mercado Diaz\, M.A \n Alondra D. Garza\, Ph.D. (she/her/ella) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Social Work at the University of Houston-Downtown. Her research focuses on the criminal justice response to violence against women and trauma-informed\, culturally relevant interventions for victims. Her recent work has appeared or is forthcoming in Crime and Delinquency\, Homicide Studies\, and Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice. \n Vanesa Mercado Diaz\, M.A. (she/her/ella) is a Research and Evaluation Specialist at Esperanza United\, a federally funded culturally specific gender-based violence resource center. She received her master’s in human rights and public policy where her research focused on gender-based violence in Latine communities and Latin America. Her work with Esperanza’s Research and Evaluation team entails increasing knowledge of Latin@ experiences through culturally responsive programs\, research\, and evaluation while promoting social justice in the field of gender-based violence. \nThis webinar is co-sponsored by Esperanza United and will be presented in Spanish with ASL and English interpretation. \nREGISTER
URL:https://victimresearch.org/event/intimate-partner-homicide-of-latinas-risk-factors-and-service-barriers/
CATEGORIES:CVR Events,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240828T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240828T150000
DTSTAMP:20260501T163046
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SUMMARY:Homicidio de pareja íntima de latinas: factores de riesgo y barreras de servicio
DESCRIPTION:Las latinas experimentan homicidios de pareja (IPH) en tasas desproporcionadamente altas; sin embargo\, la investigación sobre cómo la violencia de pareja (IPV) conduce al homicidio en esta población es limitada. Para ampliar esta investigación\, Esperanza United utilizó un enfoque centrado en la comunidad y basado en evidencia para examinar las barreras a la búsqueda de ayuda para víctimas latinas de homicidio por parte de su pareja.  Se llevaron a cabo sesiones de escucha y entrevistas con informantes clave con sobrevivientes\, defensores y profesionales de nueve organizaciones latinas comunitarias\, seguido por un análisis de investigación cualitativo en profundidad sobre los riesgos de homicidio\, los factores de protección y las barreras al apoyo. \nObjetivos de aprendizaje:  \n\nAumentar el conocimiento sobre los factores de riesgo de IPH y las barreras de servicio entre las sobrevivientes latinas\nAumentar la confianza en la promoción de las fortalezas de la comunidad en materia de prevención.\nDiscutir el sistema y la promoción de políticas.\n\nPresentadoras: \nAlondra D. Garza\, Ph.D. (ella/ella) es profesora asistente en el Departamento de Justicia Penal y Trabajo Social de la Universidad de Houston-Downtown. Su investigación se centra en la respuesta de la justicia penal a la violencia contra las mujeres y en intervenciones culturalmente relevantes y basadas en el trauma para las víctimas. Su trabajo reciente ha aparecido o se publicará próximamente en Crime and Delinquency\, Homicide Studies\, and Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice.  \nVanesa Mercado Díaz\, M.A. (ella/ella) es especialista en investigación y evaluación en Esperanza United\, un centro de recursos sobre violencia de género culturalmente específico financiado con fondos federales. Recibió su maestría en derechos humanos y políticas públicas\, donde su investigación se centró en la violencia de género en las comunidades latinas y América Latina. Su trabajo con el equipo de Investigación y Evaluación de Esperanza implica aumentar el conocimiento de las experiencias latinas a través de programas\, investigación y evaluación culturalmente receptivos y al mismo tiempo promover la justicia social en el campo de la violencia de género. \nREGISTRO
URL:https://victimresearch.org/event/homicidio-de-pareja-intima-de-latinas-factores-de-riesgo-y-barreras-de-servicio/
CATEGORIES:CVR Events,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240419T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240419T144500
DTSTAMP:20260501T163046
CREATED:20240308T155027Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240308T155027Z
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SUMMARY:Ask a Researcher: School Victimization
DESCRIPTION:Join the Center for Victim Research for our first “Ask a Researcher” sessions\, when Professor Jillian Turanovic will answer your questions about school victimization. Submit your questions in advance – whether it’s about who is at risk\, prevention of victimization\, areas of harm\, evidence around victim responses\, or similar questions—and Prof. Turanovic will answer as many as she can in this 45-minute session. \nLearn More and Register
URL:https://victimresearch.org/event/ask-a-researcher-school-victimization/
CATEGORIES:CVR Events,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240326T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240326T150000
DTSTAMP:20260501T163046
CREATED:20240213T140005Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240228T151802Z
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SUMMARY:Perceptions of Justice for Domestic Violence Survivors: Recent Findings and Implications for Practice
DESCRIPTION:In this Center for Victim Research webinar\, researchers from the Urban Institute will present findings from a recent study on the perceptions of justice\, accountability\, safety\, and healing – including the effectiveness of traditional responses and restorative practices – held by diverse survivors of domestic violence from traditionally underserved groups. The study also examined the extent to which there is alignment between survivors’ and practitioners’ perspectives of justice. This webinar will offer insights from both the researchers and their practitioner partners about the gaps in knowledge this study fills and the recommendations that emerged for direct service providers\, legal system professionals\, alternative justice programs\, policymakers\, and funders. \nASL Interpretation will be provided. \nPresenters: \nMalore Dusenbery is a principal policy associate in the Urban Institute’s Justice Policy Center\, focusing on victimization generally and gender-based violence in particular. Her research\, evaluation\, and technical assistance aim to improve victim services\, increase access to justice\, and foster collaboration between researchers and practitioners. She also serves as associate director of the national Center for Victim Research. \nClaudia Nmai is a research assistant in the Urban Institute’s Justice Policy Center. She works on research and policy projects related to victimization\, victim safety\, and responses to harm. Before joining Urban\, Nmai held research positions within the sociology department at Stanford University and interned at the Stanford Center for Racial Justice. \nOrchid Pusey is the executive director of Asian Women’s Shelter\, which provides a range of culturally-grounded violence intervention and prevention programs\, as well as trainings and technical assistance\, systems advocacy\, and collaborative leadership. She founded AWS’s 40 Hour Community Interpretation Training Institute (CITI) and Multi-Lingual Digital Storytelling Project. Orchid specializes in trauma-informed organizational development and advocacy; violence prevention in LGBTQ communities; and community-based participatory research and evaluation. \nLearn more and REGISTER
URL:https://victimresearch.org/event/perceptions-of-justice-for-domestic-violence-survivors-recent-findings-and-implications-for-practice/
CATEGORIES:CVR Events,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220908T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220908T140000
DTSTAMP:20260501T163046
CREATED:20220830T180955Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220830T180955Z
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SUMMARY:Victim Service Outcome Measurement Tool - Intro and Testing
DESCRIPTION:Join RTI\, the Center for Victim Research\, and other partners for a virtual meeting to learn about a new tool to measure victim service outcomes and the chance to try it out this fall. This tool\, called iMPRoVE—Measuring Provider Responses toVictimization Experiences—can help all types of victim service providers collect information on service outcomes and quality from those they serve. This meeting will focus on the value of the tool\, how it works\, and the importance and benefits of participating in the pilot test.  \nWhat is iMPRoVE?iMPRoVE is an online tool that programs can use to survey victims and survivors to learn about the outcomes of the services and the quality of services provided. iMPRoVE uses a set of preprogrammed surveys that providers can customize through the addition of other optional measures. Language options currently include English\, Spanish\, Mandarin\, and Vietnamese. The surveys can be taken via computer\, smartphone\, or tablet. \nHow will iMPRoVE help my program?The iMPRoVE tool captures your data and displays it on an easy–to–use dashboard that lets you see how people are benefiting from your services and how they felt about your services. You can view responses by demographics such as age\, gender\, race\, or victimization type\, which can show important differences in responses. You can use the information for program planning\, staff training\, outreach\, or other purposes.  \nWhy should my program consider being a tester?Participating in this three–month test will give you an opportunity to be actively involved in ensuring that iMPRoVE is a good match for your services\, see what types of insights it can produce\, and provide feedback to the team about additional features would make it even more useful.  \nWhen is the pilot testing?Pilot testing will take place from October 1\, 2022 through December 31\, 2022\, with orientation training in September and early October. \n  \nREGISTER
URL:https://victimresearch.org/event/victim-service-outcome-measurement-tool-intro-and-testing/
CATEGORIES:CVR Events,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220223T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220223T160000
DTSTAMP:20260501T163047
CREATED:20220104T231913Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220202T163732Z
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SUMMARY:Social Reactions to Sexual Assault
DESCRIPTION:This webinar\, another in the CVR Evidence Hour series\, reviews research on correlates and impacts of social reactions made to victims disclosing sexual assault and partner violence. Findings about trauma disclosure and social reactions are presented from survivors and their informal support members (e.g.\, family\, friend\, romantic partner). Recommendations from survivors and informal supports about what survivors need and information from a recent intervention to improve social reactions to survivor disclosures are reviewed. \nThis webinar highlights: “Correlates of Social Reactions to Victims’ Disclosures of Sexual Assault and Intimate Partner Violence: A Systematic Review” by S. E. Ullman\, (2021). Trauma\, Violence\, & Abuse\, 15248380211016013. (Contact the Research Librarian for access.) \nPresenters: \nDr. Sarah Ullman is Professor of Criminology\, Law\, & Justice and Affiliate Professor of Psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is a social psychologist whose research concerns the impact of sexual assault on women’s well-being. She has conducted NIH-funded research on risk and protective factors for PTSD and substance abuse and other health-related outcomes in rape victims\, social support processes in a dyadic sample of victims and informal social network members\, and an intervention to reduce negative social reactions to victims of sexual assault and partner violence. \nKris Bein is the Assistant Director for the Resource Sharing Project\, where she provides training and technical assistance to state coalitions and rural rape crisis centers on sexual assault services\, agency structure\, and capacity building. She holds a master’s degree in Human Services from the University of Illinois. \nREGISTER
URL:https://victimresearch.org/event/social-reactions-to-sexual-assault/
CATEGORIES:CVR Events,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220127T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220127T150000
DTSTAMP:20260501T163047
CREATED:20220110T213915Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220113T213716Z
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SUMMARY:Violence Across the Lifecourse: Child Maltreatment\, Intimate Partner Violence\, and Elder Mistreatment
DESCRIPTION:The CVR webinar Evidence Hour series continues with this overview of research on the connections between child maltreatment and later forms of violence that extend to and beyond mid-life. We will discuss the developmental associations between child maltreatment\, violence in adolescence\, and intimate partner violence (IPV) and elder mistreatment. We will also review the existing\, though limited\, evidence on the close association between adult IPV and elder mistreatment. We will explain what is known about the persistence of violence in and across family and other interpersonal relationships\, noting where gaps in knowledge remain and where research is particularly strong. Throughout the presentation\, we will draw on theories to help explain the mechanisms by which early violence exposure leads to later violence victimization and perpetration\, as well as factors that mitigate risks and promote resilience in individuals who encounter and are at-risk for violence at different points in the lifecourse. \nRelated scoping review: “Child Maltreatment\, Youth Violence\, Intimate Partner Violence\, and Elder Mistreatment: A Review and Theoretical Analysis of Research on Violence Across the Life Course” (2020) in Trauma\, Violence\, & Abuse. (Email the Research Librarian for full-text.) \nPresenters: \nTodd I. Herrenkohl\, Ph.D.\, is Professor and Marion Elizabeth Blue Professor of Children and Families at the University of Michigan School of Social Work. His scholarship focuses on the correlates and consequences of child maltreatment\, risk and resiliency\, and positive youth development. His funded studies and publications examine health-risk behaviors in children exposed to adversity\, protective factors that buffer against early risk exposure\, and prevention. An international scholar\, Dr. Herrenkohl works with policy makers\, school and child welfare professionals\, and community partners to increase the visibility\, application\, and sustainability of evidence-based programs and practices in violence prevention\, social emotional learning\, and child trauma. \nKaren A. Roberto\, Ph.D. is University Distinguished Professor\, Executive Director of the Institute for Society\, Culture and Environment\, and Senior Fellow at the Center for Gerontology at Virginia Tech. Her research focuses on health and social support in late life and includes studies of rural older women\, dementia family caregiving\, and elder abuse. Her elder abuse work draws attention to family perpetrators\, elder abuse and the opioid epidemic\, intimate partner violence\, financial exploitation\, sexual abuse\, and polyvictimization. Dr. Roberto is the recipient of the Gerontological Society of America Behavioral and Social Sciences Distinguished Mentorship Award and the Gary Andrews Visiting Fellow Award from the Australian Association for Gerontology. \nSandy Bromley\, JD\, is the director of the Shelby County Crime Victims & Rape Crisis Center\, a comprehensive victim service center providing crisis intervention\, advocacy\, counseling\, and forensic nursing services to victims of crime in Memphis and Shelby County. Sandy has focused her entire career on the prevention and intervention of crime\, working as a victims’ rights attorney\, an educator with the national Stalking Resource Center and the Air Force bystander intervention program Green Dot\, and a leader in victim services policy and programs. When she’s not working on these issues\, you can find her cheering on the Boston Red Sox\, traveling to see family and friends\, or listening to her favorite politics podcasts. Sandy is a firm believer that resiliency is possible after trauma and in the power of hope in creating communities free from violence and oppression. \nREGISTER
URL:https://victimresearch.org/event/violence-across-the-lifecourse-child-maltreatment-intimate-partner-violence-and-elder-mistreatment/
CATEGORIES:CVR Events,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220105T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220105T140000
DTSTAMP:20260501T163047
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SUMMARY:Leveraging Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships to Improve Human Trafficking Prevalence Studies
DESCRIPTION:How widespread is the problem of human trafficking in the United States? Understanding the scope of human trafficking prevalence is a priority for policymakers\, law enforcement\, researchers\, and community-based practitioners. However\, it can be difficult to accurately measure. This presentation will provide a brief overview of the strategies used to measure the prevalence of human trafficking\, the importance of the engagement of community-based agency participation in this work\, and a discussion of the benefits of taking a researcher-practitioner approach to prevalence research. The presenters for this presentation are currently collaborating on study to measure the prevalence of sex trafficking among adults in Sacramento County\, California. \n(Related article: “Advances in measurement: A scoping review of prior human trafficking prevalence studies and recommendations for future research” by K. Barrick & R. Pfeffer (2021). Journal of Human Trafficking. https://doi.org/10.1080/23322705.2021.1984721″) \nPresenters: \nTerri Galvan has a Master of Public Policy degree from the University of Southern California and more than 20 years of experience working with unhoused women\, addiction\, and commercial sexual exploitation.  For the past 8 years\, Terri has served as the Executive Director of Community Against Sexual Harm (CASH)\, where she leads a staff of trained peer-specialists providing assistance to women who have been commercially sexually exploited using harm reduction and trauma informed practices.  Terri has provided training to local law enforcement\, colleges\, non-profit organizations\, and service clubs and has worked closely with various law enforcement agencies to advance demand and person-centered strategies.  She is a Principal Investigator for a research project estimating the scope of sex-trafficking in Sacramento County.  Terri is Vice Chair for the UC Davis Community Advisory Board and Stockton Boulevard Partnership. \nRebecca Pfeffer is a research criminologist in the Victimization and Resilience Research Program in RTI International’s Division of Applied Justice Research. Her research interests include better understanding and addressing the victimization of vulnerable populations\, ranging from survivors of human trafficking to people with disabilities. Additionally\, her work focuses on the law enforcement response to human trafficking and the collaborative efforts of law enforcement and victim service providers. Dr. Pfeffer is an expert on human trafficking and has participated in expert working groups on trafficking research with the Office of Violence Against Women\, the McCain Foundation\, the Cook County Anti-Trafficking Task Force\, and the Human Trafficking Research and Data Advisory Roundtable\, among others. Before joining RTI in 2020\, Dr. Pfeffer was a professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Social Work at the University of Houston–Downtown from 2013 to 2020. \nKelle Barrick\, a senior research criminologist in RTI’s Division for Applied Justice Research\, has 20 years of experience in criminal justice and criminological research. She is an expert on human trafficking and has participated in expert working groups on trafficking research by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime\, among others. Dr. Barrick’s current efforts include estimating the prevalence of sex and labor trafficking; identifying successful strategies for the identification\, investigation\, and prosecution of labor trafficking cases; increasing our understanding of opportunities to disrupt sex trafficking recruitment and network operations; and conducting a formative evaluation of a law enforcement-based victim services program. \nREGISTER
URL:https://victimresearch.org/event/leveraging-researcher-practitioner-partnerships-to-improve-human-trafficking-prevalence-studies/
CATEGORIES:CVR Events,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211117T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211117T160000
DTSTAMP:20260501T163047
CREATED:20211027T142806Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211027T202609Z
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SUMMARY:Bullying as a Developmental Precursor to Sexual and Dating Violence Across Adolescence
DESCRIPTION:The next webinar in CVR’s Evidence Hour series will take place on November 17\, 2021 \nAdolescent bullying continues to be a major focus of scholarly research across the globe with 1\,585 published articles in the last decade. This webinar will include discussion of the longitudinal studies of the bully-sexual violence pathway (Bully-SV pathway) where bullying serves as a precursor for sexual violence (e.g.\, sexual harassment\, sexual coercion\, sexual assault) and teen dating violence.  Potential mechanisms underlying the bully-sexual violence pathway include social dominance orientation\, exposure to sexual education\, alcohol use\, etc. Several school-based intervention approaches have shown marginal success in reducing rates of bullying and SV by targeting factors undergirding both behaviors\, and these will be reviewed in this webinar. \nRead the review. \nPresenters: \nDorothy L. Espelage\, Ph.D.\, is the William C. Friday Distinguished Professor of Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Espelage’s research focuses on translating empirical findings into prevention and intervention programming. She is the recipient of the APA Lifetime Achievement Award in Prevention Science & the 2016 APA Award for Distinguished Contributions to Research in Public Policy\, and is a Fellow of APS\, APA\, and AERA. She is an elected member of the National Academy of Education. She has authored over 180 peer-reviewed articles\, 70 book chapters on bullying\, homophobic teasing\, sexual harassment\, dating violence\, & gang violence. \nBarri Rosenbluth\, MSSW\, has over 30 years’ experience in the field of sexual violence prevention. She served as Senior Director for the Expect Respect Program at the SAFE Alliance in Austin\, Texas from 1990-2021\, and has collaborated on numerous national prevention education initiatives. Barri specializes in building multi-level programs that support vulnerable youth\, mobilize youth leaders and build capacity for response and prevention in K-12 schools. She was honored with the 2014 Phyllis Richards Austin Icon for Children Award from the Austin Child Guidance Center and the 2010 Professional Innovation in Victim Services Award from the U.S. Department of Justice. \nREGISTER
URL:https://victimresearch.org/event/bullying-as-a-developmental-precursor-to-sexual-and-dating-violence-across-adolescence/
CATEGORIES:CVR Events,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211027T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211027T150000
DTSTAMP:20260501T163047
CREATED:20210921T192108Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211001T202216Z
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SUMMARY:Cultural Responsivity in Domestic Violence Intervention Approaches for Immigrants in the U.S.
DESCRIPTION:October CVR Evidence Hour webinar:  While all communities can experience domestic violence\, immigrants are at a higher risk of victimization due to their unique positionality in the United States. Even though empirical research has examined mainstream domestic violence interventions and the extent to which they deter victimization\, there is limited knowledge about culturally responsive interventions for immigrants. In this webinar\, presenters will highlight findings of their scoping review about culturally responsive interventions for immigrants in the U.S. Presenters will also reflect on their experiences as practitioners and researchers who have been engaged in developing and implementing culturally responsive interventions for immigrants. They hope to highlight micro\, mezzo and macro level implications for practitioners engaged in service delivery. \nObjectives:  \n\nTo understand the need for culturally responsive services for immigrants experiencing domestic violence\nTo examine the extent to which culturally responsive interventions exist for immigrant communities in the context of domestic violence\nTo deliberate on the role of practitioners while engaging with immigrants experiencing domestic violence\nUnderstand the difference between cultural responsivity and cultural competency\nHighlight overall implications for research\, practice and policy drawing from our scoping review\n\n  \nPresenters: \nAbha Rai\, Ph.D.\, MSW is an Assistant Professor at the School of Social Work\, Loyola University Chicago. Her area of primary research interest relates to culturally responsive ways of engaging with immigrant communities. Specifically\, she focuses on the issues of well-being\, domestic violence and the impact of immigration policies on immigrant communities. By utilizing a community-centered research approach\, she aims to further social justice and directly serve communities she works with. \nKristen Ravi\, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor at the College of Social Work\, University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Her program of research primarily focuses on children’s exposure to parental intimate partner violence and their social\, mental health\, and academic outcomes. Her other research interests include IPV help seeking\, IPV among immigrants and refugees and survivors’ experiences of transportation coercion. \nRadhika Sharma Gordon is a public health educator and nonprofit consultant who has worked in the Chicago area for more than 30 years. She is the Manager of Outreach and Education at Apna Ghar\, a multi-service agency addressing gender-based violence in immigrant\, refugee\, and other marginalized communities. Radhika earned her Masters in Public Health from the University of Michigan in 1989\, majoring in Health Behavior and Health Education. Her work has focused on community health\, violence prevention\, immigrant rights\, and feminist organizing. Radhika has served on the Board of Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Chicago and the Chicago Foundation for Women. She brings an interdisciplinary approach to her training and advocacy work. She has served as a training and planning consultant and a technical assistance provider to a variety of programs and agencies. Radhika is also an Adjunct Instructor at Northeastern Illinois University where she coordinates the undergraduate Community Health Sciences field placement program. \nREGISTER
URL:https://victimresearch.org/event/cultural-responsivity-in-domestic-violence-intervention-approaches-for-immigrants-in-the-u-s/
CATEGORIES:CVR Events,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210909T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210909T150000
DTSTAMP:20260501T163047
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SUMMARY:Facilitators of Help-Seeking for Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence in the U.S.
DESCRIPTION:A survivor’s decision to engage with formal services for experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV) is influenced by factors at the individual\, interpersonal\, and sociocultural levels. Understanding the factors that facilitate survivors’ choice to seek services could be beneficial to formal service providers including community agencies\, health professionals\, and the criminal justice system\, providing guidance toward the development and implementation of accessible services for survivors of IPV. This presentation reviews seven key factors that facilitate survivors’ formal help-seeking. \nThis webinar will help participants to: \n\nUnderstand the role of formal services in responding to intimate partner violence (IPV).\nExamine the current state of the literature surrounding facilitators of formal IPV help-seeking.\nExplore how to incorporate identified facilitators into IPV service approaches\, with implications for researchers and practitioners.\n\nPresenters: \nKristen Ravi\, Ph.D. is an assistant professor at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Her program of research primarily focuses on children’s exposure to parental intimate partner violence and their social\, mental health\, and academic outcomes. Her other research interests include IPV help seeking\, IPV among immigrants and refugees and survivors’ experiences of transportation coercion. \nSarah Leat\, Ph.D. is an assistant professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Memphis. She studies interpersonal violence\, specifically focusing on sexual violence and intimate partner violence. Her research interests center on help-seeking behaviors among survivors of intimate partner violence and the impact of the built environment on survivors’ abilities to access services and receive positive outcomes from those services. \nChristina Cicconi\, M.A.\, MSW has worked with IPV survivors for the past five years and is currently a case manager at the Johnson County Family Crisis Center which offers services to IPV survivors such as counseling\, parenting classes\, IPV education\, and emergency shelter. She holds a Master of Criminal Justice and Criminology degree and a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Texas at Arlington. \n  \nREGISTER \n 
URL:https://victimresearch.org/event/facilitators-of-help-seeking-for-survivors-of-intimate-partner-violence-in-the-u-s/
CATEGORIES:CVR Events,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210826T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210826T160000
DTSTAMP:20260501T163047
CREATED:20210727T154835Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210831T154950Z
UID:3996-1629990000-1629993600@victimresearch.org
SUMMARY:Evidence Hour: Confronting School Violence and Victimization
DESCRIPTION:Learn about the results of a large NIJ-funded meta-analysis on the sources of school violence and victimization. This review included various forms of aggression and crime within K-12 schools; and over thirty different individual\, school\, and community risk and protective factors. Special focus will also be given to the victimization of LGBTQ youth at school. Presenters will discuss the findings and policy implications\, along with promising actions that researchers\, practitioners\, and advocates can take to advance science and best respond to violence and victimization in schools. \nRelated article: “Individual\, Institutional\, and Community Sources of School Violence: A Meta-Analysis” \nJillian J. Turanovic\, Ph.D. is Associate Professor and Director of the Crime Victim Research and Policy Institute in the College of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Florida State University. She received her Ph.D. in Criminology and Criminal Justice from Arizona State University in 2015. Her research is rooted in the study of victimization\, violence\, and correctional policy\, and much of her work focuses on youth violent victimization and its consequences. She is the author of Thinking About Victimization: Context and Consequences (Routledge\, 2019)\, and co-editor of Revitalizing Victimization Theory: Revisions\, Applications\, and New Directions (Routledge\, 2021). Her work has been supported by the National Science Foundation\, the National Institute of Justice\, the Office for Victims of Crime\, and Arnold Ventures. She received the 2019 Cavan Young Scholar Award from the American Society of Criminology. \nKrista R. Flannigan\, J.D. is on the faculty of Florida State University College of Criminology and Criminal Justice and is Co-Director of the Crime Victim Research and Policy Institute. She is an attorney\, educator\, and advocate experienced in emergency response and disaster management\, community collaboration\, and program development.  She has responded to numerous incidents of mass violence and terrorism\, including but not limited to\, the Oklahoma City Bombing\, Columbine High School shooting\, 9/11\, the Aurora Theater shooting\, the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando and the Route 91 Music Festival in Las Vegas. She has also worked with various communities\, including those in Parkland\, FL and El Paso\, TX to establish long-term services for the victims of the shootings in those areas. Most recently\, she supported resiliency efforts in Boulder\, CO in response to the grocery shooting. Krista also serves a consultant and conducts national trainings for the Office for Victims of Crime\, and she developed a special program in Victim Studies at Florida State University. \nRECORDING & RELATED RESOURCES
URL:https://victimresearch.org/event/evidence-hour-confronting-school-violence-and-victimization/
CATEGORIES:CVR Events,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210729T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210729T150000
DTSTAMP:20260501T163047
CREATED:20210629T202045Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210629T210750Z
UID:3967-1627567200-1627570800@victimresearch.org
SUMMARY:Advances in State-level Crime and Victimization Surveys: Lessons from the Oregon Crime Victimization Survey
DESCRIPTION:State and local crime victimization surveys can yield powerful data for estimating the prevalence and incidence of victimization. State-level surveys conducted in recent years\, however\, have varied considerably in both methodological approach and rigor due in part to the increasing difficulty of surveying households in an era of declining response rates. As a result\, a significant challenge remains for researchers seeking to identify the most valid\, reliable\, and cost-effective methods for sampling households and gathering survey responses. This webinar describes the use of three alternative forms of sampling and data collection modes using Oregon’s first statewide crime victimization survey as a basis. The Oregon Crime Victimization Survey (OCVS) applied a mixed-mode data collection strategy combining computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI) with a “text-to-web” option and mail “push-to-web” approach. This allows for the direct comparison of three distinct samples and modes of data collection (i.e.\, random-digit dialing (RDD) CATI\, RDD text-to-web\, and address-based sampling (ABS) web) on crime victimization estimates\, sampling error\, response rates\, efficiency\, and costs. This webinar discusses the potential advantages and implications of a dual-frame and multimode approach and the importance of methodological choice for obtaining state-level crime victimization estimates. \nPresenters: \nStephen M. Haas\, Ph.D. \nDr. Haas is director of research and evaluation for the Justice Research and Victim Services (JRVS) portfolio at ICF. He has more than 25 years of experience in project management\, program evaluation\, applied research\, and technical assistance. Dr. Haas has extensive skills in study protocol development\, review\, and adjustment\, including site outreach\, selection\, and recruitment; data collection\, preparation\, implementation and monitoring\, analysis\, reporting\, and dissemination; and nonresponse and missing data analysis\, imputation\, and weighting. He served as a principal investigator and project director for West Virginia’s first crime victimization survey funded by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). Dr. Haas has extensive experience conducting research in victimology and evaluating victim services programs\, including STOP Violence Against Women Federal Grant Program\, the National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI)\, the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners Program (SANE)\, and the Rural Domestic Violence and Child Victimization Enforcement grant. He has received several national honors for his work over the years\, including the National Sexual Violence Resource Center’s Visionary Voice national award for creativity\, hard work\, and dedication to the field of sexual violence prevention. For the Oregon Crime Victimization Survey (OCVS)\, he served as project director and key principal investigator and was instrumental in the development of all aspects of the OCVS providing content-specific knowledge of crime victimization surveys\, the National Uniform Crime Reporting Program\, and the Oregon National Incident-Based Reporting System. \nMatt Jans\, Ph.D. \nDr. Jans is a senior survey methodologist at ICF. His methodological expertise focuses on telephone surveys\, asking sensitive and difficult survey questions\, alternative modes of data collection\, interviewer effects\, and total survey error. Spanning over 20 years\, his career has included survey administration and management\, pilot test development and execution\, questionnaire design and pretesting\, randomized experiment design for surveys\, cognitive interviewing\, and web survey usability and user experience (UX) testing. Dr. Jans’ served as methodologist for the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)\, which is the largest single-state health survey in the US. In that role he was responsible for methodological innovation and documentation. Dr. Jans currently surveys as methodologist for ICF’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) portfolio of surveys. Dr. Jans’ survey design experience includes the U.S. Census Bureau’s Human Factors and Usability Laboratory\, where he conducted usability experiments and expert reviews of Census Bureau websites and web surveys. Dr. Jans served as a co-principal investigator on the OCVS consulting on best practice in survey methods and focusing specifically on questionnaire design and testing\, question wording and format related to mode considerations\, and data collection procedures and techniques to maximize response rate and reduce total survey error. \nRandy ZuWallack\, M.S. \nMr. ZuWallack is a senior survey statistician at ICF. He has 22 years of statistical experience with 16 years of experience with state and local population-based surveys. He specializes in developing cost-effective\, goal‑oriented study designs for national\, state\, and local research and evaluation projects. As a senior sampling statistician\, he provides statistical expertise in sampling and estimation\, develops analytic methods to address research goals\, designs cost-effective methods for survey administration\, and presents innovative research at industry conferences. He offers particular expertise in designing dual-frame RDD and ABS samples\, including effective approaches to oversampling. Since 2003\, he has provided sampling and statistical support for ICF’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) practice which has served more states than any other provider in the U.S. He recently worked on the Washington BRFSS pilot surveys\, a project examining alternative methods to improve data collection quality and efficiency. Mr. ZuWallack focused on the sampling and weighting tasks for the OCVS. \nSiobhan McAlister\, M.S.  \nMs. McAlister is a Senior Research Analyst at the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission (CJC). She has worked at the CJC for three years\, conducting data analysis and project management on a wide range of studies. She has worked on projects examining recidivism among Oregon Drug Court participants\, forecasts of prison beds impacted by policy changes\, and reports evaluating racial bias in police stops. A project she is currently leading involves collecting data on U Visa certification requests and processing in Oregon\, fulfilling a state legislative mandate. For the OCVS\, Siobhan co-lead discussions with a stakeholder engagement group who advised on sensitive language in the survey. She also served as primary liaison between CJC and ICF. \nREGISTER
URL:https://victimresearch.org/event/advances-in-state-level-crime-and-victimization-surveys-lessons-from-the-oregon-crime-victimization-survey/
CATEGORIES:CVR Events,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210727T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210727T150000
DTSTAMP:20260501T163047
CREATED:20210617T171541Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210819T162517Z
UID:3953-1627394400-1627398000@victimresearch.org
SUMMARY:The Evidence Hour: Helping without Harming: Educating Mental Health Professionals on Working with Survivors of IPV
DESCRIPTION:Join CVR for the next in our Evidence Hour series\, Helping without Harming: Educating Mental Health Professionals on Working with Survivors of IPV. Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a global problem that mental health professionals are guaranteed to encounter. This webinar synthesizes existing literature on how mental health professionals are prepared to support those experiencing IPV and discusses how an intersectional feminist framework can be applied in practice settings to confront the complexities of abuse. \nLearning objectives: \n\nParticipants will examine a review of the existing literature on how mental health professionals are currently prepared to work with IPV survivors.\nParticipants will learn how applying an intersectional feminist framework can promote social justice for those impacted by IPV and encourage critical conversations about confronting the complexities of abuse\, assessing safety\, and honoring lived experiences.\nParticipants will be provided with several strategies and tools to appropriately assist clients who have experienced IPV through a feminist\, empowerment model.\n\nPresenters: \nAmber Sutton\, LICSW\, is a licensed independent clinical social worker and a current Ph.D. Candidate in the School of Social Work at the University of Alabama. Her dissertation research focuses on understanding the links between intimate partner violence [IPV]\, femicide\, and COVID-19 through an intersectional feminist framework. Amber holds degrees from Washington University in St. Louis and from the University of Montevallo. Amber has worked with survivors of IPV and their families for the past nine years in a multitude of settings including residential services\, prevention education\, the legal system\, and program evaluation. Amber has also worked as a Director for a domestic and sexual violence agency where she developed and supervised the legal\, case management\, SANE\, counseling\, and prevention and intervention education programs. Amber currently serves as a therapist specializing in work with survivors of IPV\, a core leadership member of the City of Birmingham’s Women’s Initiative\, and is a member of Tuscaloosa’s Trauma Systems Therapy team. Amber’s interests include protections for pets\, partner violence in rural communities\, trauma-informed management techniques within non-profit organizations\, and social justice as it relates to gender-based violence. A survivor herself\, Amber is interested in conducting and utilizing research to identify\, improve\, and support micro\, mezzo\, and macro-level responses to survivors of violence. Previously\, Amber served as a member of the Board of Directors for the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV). \nHaley H. Beech\, LMSW\, is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Alabama\, School of Social Work\, and a licensed master social worker. Her research focuses on the intersection of maternal health and violence against women\, including intimate partner violence and obstetric violence. She has a BA in Sociology from Samford University and an MSW from the University of Alabama. Haley is a social work researcher\, community advocate\, and intersectional feminist. As a qualitative researcher\, she values the lived experiences of others and honors their local knowledge by aiming to highlight their voices and disrupting traditional education in the academy. Her work and research focus on bridging the gap between research and practice with an emphasis on research-informed practice and practice-informed research. Additional research interests include global health social work\, maternal health and mortality\, intimate partner violence\, reproductive justice\, cultural humility\, and social work education. \nRecording & Related Resources
URL:https://victimresearch.org/event/the-evidence-hour-educating-mental-health-professionals-on-working-with-survivors-of-ipv/
CATEGORIES:CVR Events,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210629T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210629T150000
DTSTAMP:20260501T163047
CREATED:20210520T014159Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210819T162606Z
UID:3884-1624975200-1624978800@victimresearch.org
SUMMARY:The Evidence Hour:  Preventing and Reducing Violence Against Older Adults
DESCRIPTION:Despite the prevalence of elder abuse\, there has been relatively little progress in identifying proven strategies to prevent or end abuse among older adults. Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will provide an overview of elder abuse and present findings from a recent systematic review of reviews related to interventions. \nRecording and Related Resources \nPresenters: \nKhiya Marshall Mullins\, Dr.PH\, MPH is a Behavioral Scientist in the Research and Evaluation Branch\, Division of Violence Prevention at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Injury Center. Dr. Mullins received her Dr.PH and MPH from the University of North Texas Health Science Center – School of Public Health. Since 2009\, she has worked on the prevention of HIV and AIDS and violence. This includes identifying evidence-based HIV interventions and best practices\, and co-leading CDC’s Youth Violence Prevention Centers. Dr. Mullins also works to address health equity\, diversity\, and inclusion efforts at CDC. \nJeffrey H. Herbst\, PhD. is the Chief of the Research and Evaluation Branch\, Division of Violence Prevention at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Injury Center.  Dr. Herbst has a doctoral degree in Psychology from the University of Maryland Graduate School\, Baltimore\, and over 30 years of research and public health experience. He began his federal career in 1987 as a Psychologist with the National Institute on Aging (NIA)\, National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Baltimore where he conducted basic and applied research on individual differences in personality processes and traits.  In 2002\, he accepted a position with the Prevention Research Branch\, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention at CDC. He led numerous systematic reviews and meta-analyses of HIV behavioral interventions for high-risk populations; served as a CDC scientist on numerous HIV prevention research studies\, and led a team of scientists to advance HIV prevention operational and implementation research. In 2014\, Dr. Herbst accepted the position of Branch Chief with the Division of Violence Prevention at CDC. He oversees a portfolio of research and evaluation studies to prevent multiple forms of violence in the United States. Dr. Herbst has published over 100 articles in psychology and public health. \nRelated systematic review: \n\n“Do interventions to prevent or stop abuse and neglect among older adults work? A systematic review of reviews” by Khiya Marshall et al. (2020). in Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect. [Request the full-text from the CVR Research Librarian]
URL:https://victimresearch.org/event/the-evidence-hour-preventing-and-reducing-violence-against-older-adults/
CATEGORIES:CVR Events,Webinar
ORGANIZER;CN="Center for Victim Research":MAILTO:ask@victimresearch.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210617T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210617T150000
DTSTAMP:20260501T163047
CREATED:20210526T122315Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210831T155036Z
UID:3912-1623938400-1623942000@victimresearch.org
SUMMARY:We are Better Together: Partnering with Youth Affected by Parental Drug Use to Meet Their Needs
DESCRIPTION:The needs of adolescents have been under-recognized in efforts to address the impact of parental substance use. Presenters will share their work to better understand the needs of youth affected by parental drug use. They will discuss how they worked with youth and families first as participants and later as co-creators of the Better Together Intervention\, a library-based substance use prevention intervention for youth affected by parental drug use. \nPresenters \nTerrinieka W. Powell\, Ph.D.\nAssociate Professor & Vice-Chair of\nInclusion\, Diversity\, Anti-Racism and Equity Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Department of Population\, Family and Reproductive Health \nDr. Powell received her BA from Williams College and MA & Ph.D. from DePaul University. She spent two years as a Kellogg Health Scholars Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Michigan School of Public Health before joining the faculty at JHSPH. She is a trained Community Psychologist committed to improving adolescent health outcomes\, with an extensive history of using community-engaged approaches and working with community partners (e.g.\, churches\, libraries\, and youth-oriented CBOs) to conduct research. She has expertise in adolescent health\, qualitative methods\, intervention development\, and implementation science. She has collaborated with institutions across the country to promote educational attainment as well as prevent teen pregnancy\, HIV\, and substance use among adolescents. Her research team\, the B Lab\, is currently focused on supporting the needs of Black adolescents affected by parental drug use. She has nearly 50 peer-reviewed publications and has been PI or Co-I on several externally funded grants that seek to improve the lives of vulnerable young people. \nDarian Glover\,\nB Lab Young Adult Partner \nDarian was born and raised in East Baltimore\, MD. He currently serves as a Team Lead at Civic Works where he teaches and mentors young adults. For nearly two years\, he has served as a young adult partner with the B Lab to design and develop interventions salient to the needs of youth affected by parental drug use. He decided to partner with the B Lab because he wants to see a change in underserved communities. \nAsari Offiong\, PhD\, MPH\nPostdoctoral Fellow \nDr. Offiong received her BS from the University of Michigan\, MPH from Boston University\, and her Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is an adolescent health researcher who takes an assets-based\, youth-centered approach to address issues pertinent to young people. With nearly nine years of experience\, she has experience in leading youth development programs and conducting mixed methods\, community-based research in various metropolitan areas across the U.S. with non-profits\, school districts\, and government agencies. Furthermore\, she has experience designing and implementing culturally relevant programs related to substance use prevention and reproductive health for youth. She has an unwavering commitment to helping youth thrive via research and public health programs and initiatives. \n  \nWATCH RECORDING
URL:https://victimresearch.org/event/we-are-better-together-partnering-with-youth-affected-by-parental-drug-use-to-meet-their-needs/
CATEGORIES:CVR Events,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210520T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210520T143000
DTSTAMP:20260501T163047
CREATED:20210421T124934Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210819T162726Z
UID:3801-1621517400-1621521000@victimresearch.org
SUMMARY:The Evidence Hour: Teen Dating Violence Help-Seeking Among Ethnically and Racially Diverse Youth
DESCRIPTION:The Evidence Hour: Teen Dating Violence Help-Seeking Among Ethnically and Racially Diverse Youth looks at the results of a recent systematic review of studies on this topic\, revealing what we know about this connection and where more research is needed. \nFor May\, we will discuss “Teen Dating Violence Help-Seeking Intentions and Behaviors Among Ethnically and Racially Diverse Youth: A Systematic Review” by Diana Padilla-Medina et al. (2021) in Trauma\, Violence\, & Abuse. [Email the Center for Victim Research Librarian for article access] \nTeen dating violence (TDV) affects millions of youths in the United States and globally each year. TDV has been associated with negative physical health and mental health outcomes. Yet\, the prevalence of help-seeking among youth who have experience TDV is fairly low. Youth from diverse racial and ethnic groups are particularly vulnerable to TDV victimization\, but are still underrepresented in TDV research. While the past decade has witnessed an increased interest from researchers to understand how the phenomenon of TDV manifests among ethnically and racially diverse populations\, there is still a gap in the literature that explores the racial and ethnic differences in the help-seeking intentions and behaviors of youth. \nWebinar Objectives: \n\nTo assess the state of the empirical literature on dating violence and help-seeking intentions and behaviors among racially and ethnically diverse youth between the ages of 12 and 19.\nTo examine the research gaps that remain in the scientific literature.\nTo discuss promising actions that researchers\, practitioners and advocates can take to fill those gaps and advance science and practice in the field of TDV.\n\nRecording and Related Resources \nPresenters: \nDiana M. Padilla-Medina\, PhD\, LMSW\, is an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Arlington School of Social Work. She is also a 2018-2019 Fulbright Scholar. Diana also conducts international consultancy and evaluation work\, to help develop social services programs in the Dominican Republic and Colombia. Prior to that\, Diana worked as a Psychiatric Social Worker at the Puerto Rican Family Institute\, and as Research Scientist at NYU Silver School of Social Work. Diana complements her clinical practice and research\, with policy experience. Prior to becoming a social worker\, she worked at The Brooking Institution on Latin American issues\, such as crime\, citizen security\, and violence. She received grants from the Organization of American States and Open Society Institute to conduct research work in the region on these topics. Diana’s current research work focuses on sexual and intimate partner violence among adolescents and adults\, particularly among Latinos. She has published on the topics of gender\, intimate partner violence\, and decision making in Latin America\, and has participated in local media discussing issues related to adolescent dating violence\, and practice of policy implications.\nDiana holds a Ph. D from New York University\, and a MSW and MA in Human Rights from Columbia University. \nCarolina Vélez-Grau\, PhD\, LCSW\, is a Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellow/Assistant Professor at the NYU Silver School of Social Work. She is a Colombian-born pediatric psychiatric social worker researcher with more than a decade of clinical practice. Her research focuses on suicide prevention and access to mental health services among ethnocultural minoritized youth\, particularly Latinx and Black teens. She was awarded an NIMH Diversity Supplement (2020-2022) to study interpersonal factors associated with suicidal ideation and youth’s perceptions about engagement in mental health services. She is interested in incorporating community-based participatory research to develop suicide prevention approaches targeted to Black and Latinx youth who think about suicide. Her goal is to train lay community members for this approach to be delivered in the adolescents’ natural settings.
URL:https://victimresearch.org/event/the-evidence-hour-teen-dating-violence-help-seeking-among-ethnically-and-racially-diverse-youth/
CATEGORIES:CVR Events,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210421T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210421T160000
DTSTAMP:20260501T163047
CREATED:20210411T011813Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210428T134043Z
UID:3770-1619017200-1619020800@victimresearch.org
SUMMARY:The Harris County Health and Relationship Study: Using Research-Practice Partnerships to Assess the Impact of COVID-19 on Domestic Violence Survivors
DESCRIPTION:The Center for Victim Research (CVR) invites you to attend our upcoming webinar on the impact of COVID-19 on domestic violence survivors in Harris County\, Texas\, on Wednesday\, April 21\, 2021\, from 3:00 – 4:00 pm EST. \nResearcher and practitioner presenters share the results of the Harris County Health and Relationship Study\, a collaborative partnership to examine the impact and needs of domestic violence survivors in Harris County (Houston) Texas. Over 400 survivors were surveyed and 48 follow-up interviews were conducted about their experiences\, mental health\, needs\, and safety strategies before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Study findings include the impact of COVID-19 lockdowns on violence experiences; survivor community and social support needs; and safety approaches. This presentation will focus on study findings and implications for domestic violence and other community-related services. \nA copy of the report and executive summary are available at https://www.hcdvcc.org/hchrstudy/. \nRECORDING \nPresenters: \nBarbie Brashear\, MSW is the Executive Director for the Harris County Domestic Violence Coordinating Council\, a non-profit organization that works to coordinate a community response to domestic violence in Harris County\, Texas. She has worked in the domestic and sexual violence field for 26 years and has provided leadership to sexual assault programs\, domestic violence programs\, and long-term housing programs for over 20 years. She is adjunct Faculty at University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work\, and she is an expert witness in domestic violence cases. She has presented and trained at multiple local and statewide conferences on domestic and sexual violence for over\, and she has provided training to hundreds of law enforcement professionals\, health care professionals\, advocates\, social service providers\, criminal justice system professionals\, teachers\, students\, and general public. She has provided case management and advocacy services to victims for over 20 years. \nAbeer Monem has worked for 25 ½ years with survivors of intimate partner and family violence. She has an extensive history as a shelter director with the Fort Bend County Women’s Center and conducted significant work related to traumatic brain injury screening and intervention. In 2015\, Abeer also worked part time with the Harris County Domestic Violence Coordinating Council as an advocate with the Special Victim’s Unit at the Harris County Sheriff’s Office. Once HUD Continuum of Care Program housing was added\, she became the Housing Program Director. Beginning in October 2019\, she left FBWC and began fulltime at HCDVCC. \nLeila Wood\, PhD\, MSSW (she/her) is assistant professor and the Director of Evaluation at the Center for Violence Prevention Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology\, at The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB). Dr. Wood’s program of research focuses on community-based intimate partner violence and sexual assault intervention and prevention efforts\, including college campuses. Dr Wood’s service evaluation work involves research on advocacy\, or supportive service models\, for survivors of violence. Dr. Wood is rooted strongly in a community participatory and practitioner-led research approach. Over the last several years\, she has conducted research and evaluation studies in close collaboration with community agencies\, campus\, city\, state and federal partners on the extent and impact of sexual assault\, dating violence\, stalking and sexual harassment\, with a focus on vulnerable and underserved populations. Dr. Wood is a mixed methods researcher with expertise in qualitative methods. Dr. Wood has extensive social work practice experience working survivors of intimate and interpersonal violence. Her work is funded by the National Institute on Justice and the Criminal Justice Division\, State of Texas.
URL:https://victimresearch.org/event/the-harris-county-health-and-relationship-study-using-research-practice-partnerships-to-assess-the-impact-of-covid-19-on-domestic-violence-survivors/
CATEGORIES:CVR Events,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210331T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210331T150000
DTSTAMP:20260501T163047
CREATED:20210319T110958Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210819T162745Z
UID:3725-1617199200-1617202800@victimresearch.org
SUMMARY:The Evidence Hour: Housing Stress and Child Maltreatment
DESCRIPTION:The Evidence Hour: Housing Stress and Child Maltreatment looks at the results of a recent systematic review of studies on this topic\, revealing what we know about this connection and where more research is needed. This information is important to all who are working for systemic change to prevent family violence as well as those striving to help victims and families. \nPresenters: \nCaroline Chandler is currently a doctoral candidate in the department of Maternal and Child Health at the UNC Gillings School of Public Health\, and her dissertation research focuses on the association between concrete and clinical service receipt and well-being among infants and toddlers who are referred to Child Protective Services. Caroline is also engaged in participatory research on adolescent mental health\, resilience\, and equity with youth in Southeast Raleigh. She is a member of the North Carolina Infant and Young Child Mental Health Association Board of Directors and volunteers as a Guardian ad Litem\, advocating for children’s best interests in court. \nTien Ung works to help individuals and organizations translate and apply relevant research\, build knowledge\, and generate culturally authentic evidence to improve outcomes for families impacted by adversity and trauma. At Futures Without Violence\, Tien collaborates with colleagues and external partners to design practice\, program\, and policy solutions by integrating community wisdom\, lived experience\, and 21st century science. Tien draws from 25+ years of experience as a child protection expert\, trauma therapist\, social work educator\, community-based researcher\, and systems consultant. She has worked across sectors—including child welfare\, criminal justice/family law\, schools\, rape crisis centers\, domestic violence shelters\, and child and family trauma clinics. Tien is a licensed clinical social worker and has a PhD in Social Work. \nClosed captioning will be available.\nView Recording \nView Related Resources
URL:https://victimresearch.org/event/the-evidence-hour-housing-stress-and-child-maltreatment/
CATEGORIES:CVR Events,Webinar
ORGANIZER;CN="Justice Research and Statistics Association":MAILTO:webmaster@jrsa.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200930T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200930T150000
DTSTAMP:20260501T163047
CREATED:20200928T194054Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200928T194054Z
UID:3381-1601474400-1601478000@victimresearch.org
SUMMARY:CVR Webinar - Victim Services for Incarcerated Women
DESCRIPTION:This webinar will present findings from the Urban Institute’s Evaluation of In-prison Programming: Addressing Prior Trauma and Victimization\, funded by the National Institute of Justice. Researchers from Urban and the Center for Effective Public Policy will present findings from its national Scan of Practice including the extent to which correctional institutions address victimization and trauma among incarcerated women and seek to advance trauma-informed practices. Specifically\, presenters will elaborate on the services and programming state Departments of Correction offer to address trauma and victimization\, including community partnerships with organizations and agencies that work with women who have experienced victimization and trauma\, and the challenges associated with providing such services. Presenters will conclude the webinar with recommendations. \nPresenters: \n\nJahnavi Jagannath\, Urban Institute\nStorm Ervin\, Urban Institute\nBecki Ney\, Center for Effective Public Policy\n\nRegister
URL:https://victimresearch.org/event/cvr-webinar-victim-services-for-incarcerated-women/
CATEGORIES:CVR Events,Webinar
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