Webinar

In this webinar, a panel of experts will share what the field currently knows about gender-based violence in the Latinx community. The first panelist will discuss cultural beliefs and stigma surrounding the help-seeking process for survivors of intimate partner violence; and how to better support service engagement and programming. The second panelist group will address […]

Join NIJ, Rutgers University's Violence Against Women Research Consortium, and the University of Maryland, Baltimore, for this free webinar discussing economic justice for survivors of intimate partner violence. Presenters will cover topics including how intimate partner violence intersects with economic justice, approaches to IPV shelter and housing policies, and the impact of COVID-19 on economic […]

This event hosted by the National Institute of Justice and the NIJ Violence Against Women Research Consortium features three presentations: Presentation 1 – Dr. Emily M. Wright, Dr. Tara N. Richards, and Sheena Gilbert: This NIJ-funded project, used a mixed methods research design to understand the scope and context of missing Native American person cases […]

Join the Bureau of Justice Statistics’ Victimization Statistics Unit Chief, Heather Brotsos, and other international experts as they discuss “How Do We Measure Security, Violence, And Access to Justice from the Victims’ Perspective” on Friday, December 2nd at 11:00 a.m. ET. This webinar is hosted by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) […]

The Joyce Foundation is holding a virtual session. Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPO) policies allow a court to temporarily remove firearms from an individual who may be at risk of danger to themselves or others. As the use of ERPOs has increased in recent years, researchers and policy makers alike have begun to consider questions […]

Violence is an everyday reality for many LGBT+ people around the world, threatening their lives and wellbeing. More needs to be done, at every level of society, to help ensure LGBT+ people are safe. Join the What Works 2 team for the launch of a ground-breaking new report with emerging insights on how to prevent […]

The National Academy of Sciences Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education announces the first in its series of webinars addressing gun violence. During the COVID-19 pandemic and social unrest, many U.S. cities have experienced a rise in firearm violence. By effectively addressing gun violence, communities may benefit from improved public safety, health, and welfare, […]

Join Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) statisticians and RTI International for a webinar update on BJS’s subnational victimization program activities. It will cover findings from BJS’s soon-to-be-released report Criminal Victimization in the 22 Largest U.S. States, 2017–2019, the first release of subnational violent and property crime estimates from the National Crime Victimization Survey. Additionally, it […]

This is the first of a series of webinars in April and May about the latest in child sexual abuse research led by the Moore Center for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse at Johns Hopkins University. Presenter: Elizabeth Letourneau, PhD,, is a professor in the Department of Mental Health and the director of the […]

This webinar by the Forensic Technology Center of Excellence will begin with contextual information about prosecution case outcomes in sexual assault cases of adult victims. The challenges in tracking the criminal case outcomes will be discussed. Dr. Valentine will introduce the National Institute of Justice Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Practitioner Toolkit as a means of […]

The second in a series of webinars by the Moore Center for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse. Presenter: Rebecca Fix, PhD, is an assistant professor working in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health within the Department of Mental Health, and a faculty affiliate of the Moore Center for the Prevention of Child […]