NCADV's 2022 National Conference on Domestic Violence
2022-08-28 - 2022-08-31
The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence will hold its 20th National Conference. The theme of this year’s event is Recognizing (Y)Our Resilience as a way to honor and uplift the incredible tenacity and resilience of domestic violence survivors, advocates and allies. After maneuvering a global pandemic and setbacks in policy at the federal level, they honor the brilliance of our movement’s resilience from individuals and as a collective and look forward to moving into the future together.
Workshops and Sessions will be offered on Systems Change, Health and Domestic Violence, Advanced Advocacy Skills, Anti-Oppression and Racial Justice, and Survivor-Focused, with more topics TBA!
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2022 NAPSA Conference
2022-08-29 - 2022-08-31
The National Adult Protective Services Association and Michigan’s Department of Health and Human Services have teamed up to host the 2022 NAPSA Conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Our conference is attended by over 500 professionals in adult protective services, law enforcement, criminal justice, victim advocacy, and beyond.

All workshops will be held at the Amway Grand Plaza. GSA rooms are available!
Workshop proposals are due April 22nd. Submit your proposal here.
Do you know individual workers, researchers or teams doing exemplary work? Submit a NAPSA AWARD nomination today! Nominations accepted through May 31st. Preference given to NAPSA Members.
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National Adult Protective Services Association's Annual Conference
2022-08-29 - 2022-08-31
Please join us for the 33rd National Adult Protective Services Association (NAPSA) annual conference August 29-31, 2022, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The NAPSA conference is the only national conference with a focus on the increasingly visible problems of elder and vulnerable adult abuse. This year’s event is in conjunction with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.
The 13th Annual National Summit on Elder Financial Exploitation (EFE) will be held September 1, 2022.

The conference is primarily geared toward Adult Protective Services professionals, although is well-attended by those in the law enforcement, legal, domestic violence, aging, medical fields and beyond. More than 600 executive directors, managers and supervisors, as well as direct service personnel, are expected to attend this year.
Workshops will cover a broad range of topics, from social isolation that COVID amplified for APS victims to cutting edge research in abuse, from self-neglect to legal issues, and from guardianship to victim advocacy. We will also cover all levels of experience with the issue of adult abuse. Everyone who works with victims of adult abuse will find workshops to meet their needs at this national conference.
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Pathways to Research Impact Webinar
2022-09-07 05:00 - 06:00 (America/New_York)
Join the Sexual Violence Research Initiative as they launch the SVRI Pathways to Research Impact online course.

In this webinar they will explore how researchers in the field of violence against women and violence against children can take a systems approach to ensuring the uptake use and impact of their research.
The event will be 11 am – 12 pm South African Standard Time. The webinar recording and materials will be available here.
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Victim Service Outcome Measurement Tool - Intro and Testing
2022-09-08 13:00 - 14:00
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.
What 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.
How 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.
Why 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.
When 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.

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F22 Gender Based Violence and the Latinx Community
2022-09-27 14:00 - 15:15
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 gaps in understanding sexual violence rates among Latinx students and their rates of, and experiences with, disclosure and reporting to law enforcement. A moderated Q&A session will follow the presentations. The webinar is being held by the University of Maryland School of Social Work.
Learning Objectives

To develop a better understanding of help-seeking behaviors among intimate partner violence survivors.

To identify patterns of cultural beliefs, stigma, and partner violence in the help-seeking process of intimate partner violence survivors.

To better support service engagement and IPV programming for survivors of partner violence.

Review the past literature on sexual violence prevalence, disclosure, and reporting among Latinx students.
Report current rates of sexual violence prevalence, disclosure, and reporting among Latinx and Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) students, respectively.
Discuss future steps researchers can take to further understand sexual violence experienced by Latinx and HSI students and that might further promote disclosure and reporting.

Free to watch, $15 for CEs.
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National Center for Victims of Crime: 2022 National Training Institute
2022-10-06 - 2022-10-08
The National Training Institute (NTI) emphasizes a multidisciplinary approach to sharing promising practices, current research, and effective programs and policies that are victim-centered, practice-based, and research-informed. NCVC’s National Training Institute is a forum for law enforcement, victim service professionals, allied practitioners, policymakers, and researchers to share current developments and build new collaborations. Held in conjunction with the National Crime Victim Bar Association’s 2022 National Conference, this year in St. Louis, Missouri.
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Economic Justice for Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence
2022-10-11 14:00 - 15:15
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 security and survivors’ experiences of economic hardship. A moderated Q&A session will follow the presentations.
Presenters:

Kim Pentico, Economic Justice Director, National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV)
Andrea Hetling, Ph.D., Professor, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University
Laura Johnson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Social Work at Temple University

Moderated by:

Rachel Voth Schrag, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Arlington School of Social Work

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2022 Victimology Research Symposium
2022-10-27 - 2022-10-28
Texas Victim Services Association (TVSA) invites state and national presenters from the broader disciplines of Victimology, Social Work, Criminal Justice, Psychology, Sociology, Law, Women and Gender Studies to submit proposals for our 2022 Research Symposium.
The two-day event is designed to provide a forum to share current research that is informing practice and emerging responses in different settings and disciplines. Workshops will focus on research that affects the work of judges, victim advocates, law enforcement, prosecutors, and mental health service providers.
Registration opens July 5th!

Gender-Based Violence and American Indian and Alaska Native Communities
2022-11-08 14:00 - 15:15
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 in Nebraska. This presentation will describe the goals of the project, the methodology, and the quantitative results of the study. The scope and profile of missing Native American missing person cases in 2020 in Nebraska will be described.
Presentation 2 – Dr. Catherine McKinley: Inequities are prevalent for women and non-binary peoples across all ethnic identities but are persistently and disproportionately worse for Indigenous peoples. Gender and racial based inequities span from the home life to Indigenous women’s wellness—including physical, mental, and social health. The conundrum of how and why Indigenous women –many of whom historically held respected and even held sacred status in many matrilineal and female-centered communities – now experience the highest rates of gendered based violence is focal to this work. Unlike Western European and colonial contexts, Indigenous societies tended to be organized in fundamentally distinct ways that were woman-centered and where gender roles and values were reportedly more egalitarian, fluid, flexible, inclusive, complementary, and harmonious. Using the Indigenist framework of historical oppression, resilience, and transcendence (FHORT) this presentation takes a research-based approach linking historical oppression, gender-based inequities, and violence against Indigenous women and understanding of how patriarchal colonialism undermines all genders.
Presentation 3 – Dr. Andre B. Rosay: This presentation provides estimates from a national large-scale survey of violence against women and men who identified themselves as American Indian or Alaska Native. The survey was conducted in 2010 and used detailed behaviorally specific questions on psychological aggression, coercive control and entrapment, physical violence, stalking, and sexual violence. The results raised our awareness and understanding of violence experienced by American Indian and Alaska Native people
The objectives for this event are:

To understand the scope and profile of missing Native American persons in Nebraska
Understand How Settler Colonial Historical Oppression Has Imposed and Perpetuated Structural
Violence Against Indigenous Peoples
Identify Culturally Relevant Promotive and Protective Factors
Provide an Example of Indigenist Research That is Promotive Against Historical Oppression
Understand How All Are Accountable for Dismantling the Internalized Colonial Mindset
Prevent Complicity is Perpetuating Settler Colonial Historical Oppression Institutionally,
Interpersonally, and Internally
Describe the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey
Interpret estimates of violence against American Indian and Alaska Native women and men
Identify implications for policy and practice

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How Do We Measure Security, Violence, and Access to Justice from the Victims’ Perspective?
2022-12-02 11:00 - 12:30
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) and the National Institute of Statistics and Geography of Mexico (INEGI) Center of Excellence in Statistical Information on Government, Crime, Victimization and Justice and will feature information on crime victimization surveys within the U.S. and other countries.
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Extreme Risk Protection Orders: Equity Considerations for Design and Implementation
2022-12-06 13:00 - 14:00
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 of equity in how communities perceive and use these orders. This issue has become particularly timely as states consider how to apply for and use new funding for ERPO implementation that was made available under the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act.
During this webinar, researchers will discuss the results of new research from the University of California-Davis that examines differences in perception and use of ERPOs in relation to race and ethnicity and will consider earlier research on ERPO through a racial equity lens.
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Ending violence against LGBT+ people: emerging insights on what works
2022-12-07 20:00 - 21:30
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 violence against LGBT+ people, independently produced through the UK’s What Works to Prevent Violence programme. The report brings together a wealth of existing evidence, and includes new, promising practices informed through consultations with LGBT+ organisations.
The UK’s Minister of State for Development and Africa, Andrew Mitchell, will be joined by Jamille Bigio, Senior Coordinator for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment at USAID, and a panel of activists and civil society representatives, to discuss the report’s recommendations. More information about panellists will be shared shortly.
Access the full report here, along with a shorter policy brief which is translated into Arabic, French and Spanish.
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Community-based Approaches to Building Safety
2023-02-01 14:30 - 16:00
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, as well as reduced racial inequity. This two-part webinar series for the Hauser Policy Impact Fund in collaboration with the Committee on Law and Justice will focus on community-based strategies to building safer communities, gun violence prevention, and the role of the social and behavioral sciences in understanding and addressing gun violence.
The first webinar will highlight their recent report, Reducing Racial Inequality in Crime and Justice (2022), which synthesizes the evidence on community-based solutions, noncriminal policy interventions, and criminal justice reforms, charting a path toward the reduction of racial inequalities by minimizing harm in ways that also improve community safety, and will be used to explore and discuss community driven approaches to reducing harm and improving safety.
Speakers will include:

Nikki Jones, Professor and H. Michael and Jeanne Williams Department Chair of African American Studies, University of California, Berkeley
Robert Sampson, Woodford L. and Ann A. Flowers University Professor, Department of Sociology, Harvard University
Eduardo Bocanegra, Senior Advisor for Community Violence Intervention, Office for Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice
Charlie Ransford, Senior Director of Science and Policy and Interim Director of Communications, Cure Violence Global

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National Census of Victim Service Providers: Data, Resources, and Implications for Practitioners
2023-03-08 13:00 - 14:00
The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) and the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) will present a webinar on the National Census of Victim Service Providers (NCVSP).
During the webinar, OVC and BJS will provide—

an overview of the NCVSP,
a demonstration of recently released interactive maps analyzing 2017 NCVSP data at the county level, and
recent developments and updates for the 2023 NCVSP.

Participants will also learn about the importance of these data to the victim services field, how they can be used to understand the current landscape of victim services and service providers across the country, and characteristics of victim service providers.
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Update on the National Crime Victimization Survey Subnational Program: First Release of Direct Subnational Estimates
2023-03-13 13:00 - 14:30
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 will present the analysis conducted to validate the state-level estimates. Finally, the webinar will walk participants through the process to apply for access to the restricted-use data and highlight available resources for analyzing these data.
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The International Symposium on Child Abuse
2023-03-21 - 2023-03-23
The International Symposium on Child Abuse is the premier conference providing expert training and networking opportunities to professionals in the child maltreatment field. This conference is unique in addressing all aspects of child maltreatment, including but not limited to physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, exposure to violence, poly-victimization, exploitation, intervention, trafficking, and prevention. Child abuse professionals also learn essential techniques to manage the impact of vicarious trauma.
The 39th International Symposium on Child Abuse will offer multiple workshops. The tracks are designed with specific fields in mind: Administration, Child Protective Services, Forensic Interviewing, Human Trafficking/Sexual Exploitation, Law Enforcement, Medical, Mental Health/Treatment, Prevention, Prosecution/Legal, Secondary Traumatic Stress, Victim Advocacy, and Youth-Serving Organization.
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Child Sexual Abuse is Preventable, Not Inevitable: How the Moore Center Pursues its Mission
2023-04-25 12:00 - 12:45
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 Moore Center for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. For more than 30 years she has focused on child sexual abuse prevention, practice, and policy. Dr. Letourneau’s work has garnered approximately $35 million in grants and gifts, and has resulted in more than 100 scientific papers and chapters and one edited volume What Works with Sex Offenders: Contemporary Perspectives in Theory, Assessment, Treatment and Prevention. She is an internationally recognized expert in child sexual abuse prevention and advises the European Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice, the World Bank, and other government and Big Tech entities focused on preventing child sexual exploitation and abuse. Her research on sex offender registration has been cited in several U.S. state supreme court cases, by state legislatures, and by the American Law Institute in their revised Model Penal Code. Dr. Letourneau is currently nominated to the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control Board of Scientific Counselors and is the 2022 recipient of the Association for the Treatment and Prevention of Sexual Abuse’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Low Prosecution Rates in Sexual Assault Cases: Can We Make Sustainable Improvements?
2023-04-25 13:00 - 14:00
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 tracking sexual assault criminal case outcomes in communities with sexual assault nurse examiner programs. She will provide research findings on implementing the Toolkit in two counties in Utah, a Mountain West state in the United States, and evaluate victim and assault variables associated with and predictive of case prosecution.
Participants will be invited to consider societal, structural, and legislative barriers faced in their jurisdictions in improving criminal case outcomes. Recommendations to improve prosecution rates and create safer and healthier societies include supporting multidisciplinary community response, increasing victim support services, implementing criminal justice system trainings on trauma-informed approaches and policies, and examining state statutes defining felony sexual assault charges.
Detailed Learning Objectives

Attendees will be able to verbalize understanding of the challenges faced in tracking sexual assault case processing.
Attendees will understand the National Institute of Justice Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Practitioner Evaluation Toolkit.
Attendees will be able to analyze factors affecting prosecution rates in adult sexual assault cases and discuss how to improve sexual assault case processing in their jurisdictions.

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Reframing Child Sexual Abuse as a Preventable Public Health Issue
2023-05-02 12:00 - 12:45
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 Sexual Abuse. She is also a licensed clinical psychologist who has done therapy with survivors of trauma, including adolescents in carceral systems for illegal sexual behavior. Her research focuses on promoting mental health equity and equity in legal outcomes within the juvenile legal system and on interrupting pathways from childhood maltreatment to use of sexual and physical violence during adolescence. Dr. Fix has over 60 peer-reviewed publications, the majority of which are first authored publications, and her work has been funded by federal and local organizations as well as through competitive internal funding mechanisms. In recognition of her expertise, Dr. Fix has been invited to consult with the Southern Poverty Law Center and Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
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NRCDV's Safe Housing Capacity Center Policy and Research Briefing
2023-05-04 14:00 - 16:30
The National Resource Center on Domestic Violence’s (NRCDV) Safe Housing Capacity Building Center will present its bi-annual Policy and Research Briefing.

Dr. Funmi Ayeni, Director of Research and Evaluation will share study findings from a flexible funding pilot project with the LGBT Center of Central Pennsylvania (PA)
Lavon Morris-Grant, Director of Community Engagement, will facilitate a panel discussion focused on NRCDV’s Black Immigrant and Refugee Housing Project, and
Shenna Morris, NRCDV’s Director of Policy, and Caroline LaPorte, the Director of STTARS Indigenous Safe Housing Center, will conclude with policy recommendations.

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Help Wanted: Helping People Stay Safe
2023-05-09 12:00 - 12:45
The final webinar in a series by the Moore Center on the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse.
Presenters:
Amanda E. Ruzicka, MA, is a senior research associate at the Department of Mental Health and deputy director of the Moore Center for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her research focused on the development, evaluation, and dissemination of effective strategies to prevent child sexual abuse. Ruzicka is a co-developer of three prevention interventions for adolescents and adults: the Help Wanted Prevention Intervention, the Responsible Behavior with Younger Children Program, and the Responsible Behavior with Younger Children Program for Teens with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.
Ryan T. Shields, PhD, is an assistant professor in the School of Criminology and Justice Studies at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Prior to joining UMass Lowell, Shields was an assistant scientist and associate director of the Moore Center for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. His research centers on the intersection of criminal justice and public health and he studies child sexual abuse, sexual abuse prevention, and sex crime policy, with a focus on youths and young adults with problem sexual behavior. Shields is a co-developer of the Help Wanted Prevention Intervention.
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The Gun Violence Research Center (GVRC) Research Day
2023-05-12 09:00 - 16:00
During this FREE event, the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center (GVRC) at Rutgers will present over 30 gun violence prevention research studies funded by the GVRC. Hear from GVRC leadership, grant awardees, and community leaders as they present evidence-based, equitable policies and programs that will prevent gun violence in our communities.
This conference is not looking to engage with simply an academic audience. Instead, we’d like this to be a community-engaged event with community members, those involved in violence interruption work, policymakers, journalists, students, educators, and the military.
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National Institute of Justice Research Conference: From Evidence to Action: Harnessing Research to Promote Safety & Justice
2023-05-23 08:00 - 2023-05-25 17:00
The National Institute of Justice research conference is returning in 2023. This practitioner-friendly conference will feature NIJ-sponsored research findings and discussions about evidence-based policies and practices. Topics will include preventing community-based violence, supporting victims of crime, building a stronger forensic evidence base, enhancing accountability in policing, and promoting more equity in our nation’s justice system. A specific focus of this conference is on ensuring research findings lead to changes in policies and practices on the ground.
NIJ invites researchers (including NIJ grantees), criminal justice practitioners, policymakers, graduate students, advocates, federal, state, and local employees – virtually anyone interested in learning the breadth and depth of the evidence and resources NIJ has to offer – to attend.
Registration, additional details, and the full agenda are forthcoming.

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Update on the NCVS Instrument Redesign: Additional Findings from the National Field Test and Plans for Implementation
2023-06-29 13:00 - 14:30
Join statisticians from the Bureau of Justice Statistics for a webinar featuring updates on BJS’s efforts to redesign the entire National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) instrument. Presenters will describe additional findings from a large-scale national field test of the NCVS Instrument Redesign, specifically the improvement of victimization measures in the new survey instrument, and the performance of two new periodic modules. Learn more about:

BJS’s plans for implementation of the new survey instrument, including updates to the timeline for this multiyear redesign project
the national field test methodology
findings from the Police Performance and Community Safety modules.

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Hope Navigator Introductory Webinar
2023-07-26 15:00 - 16:00
This webinar is intended to provide an introduction to Hope Science and the vast research about how finding, enhancing, and modeling hope can transform clients, employees, and stakeholders in your work. As Dr. Chan Hellman has said, “Hope is the belief that the future will be better than today and that I have the power to make it so.” There are many benefits to Hope Navigator Training, including its effectiveness in supporting healing from Childhood Trauma. Trauma-exposed individuals who utilize Hope strategies have better self-regulation, lower rates of depression/anxiety, lower rates of suicidal ideation, improved social relationships, improved educational achievement, and positive character development. Service providers who utilize Hope strategies have lower burnout, lower symptoms of secondary traumatic stress, lower turnover, increased job satisfaction, increased engagement, and higher well-being.
This webinar is presented by JBS International as part of their work to support OVC grantees under the Enhancing Community Responses to the Opioid/America’s Addiction Crisis program.
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Livestream: National Human Trafficking Prevention Summit
2023-08-03 - 2023-08-04 | ONLINE
In the last decade, cross-sector efforts to prevent human trafficking have expanded in both knowledge and effectiveness. The HHS-hosted National Human Trafficking Prevention Summit will bring together leaders across federal, state, tribal, local, and territorial governments; business, industry, and other private sector entities; nonprofits and NGOs; and philanthropic, faith-based, and research organizations to inspire and galvanize a collective effort to prevent human trafficking.
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Kempe Summer Interdisciplinary Research Institute
2023-08-14 08:00 - 2023-08-18 17:00
The Kempe Center’s annual one-week in-person Summer Interdisciplinary Research Institute in Aurora, Colorado, will feature intensive teaching and dedicated mentoring by national and international experts. One of the Center’s primary goals is to expand the pool of scholars trained to conduct child maltreatment research.
The Center is actively recruiting participants for our Course 2: Challenges in Child Maltreatment Research AND Course 3: Child Abuse & Neglect Prevention Research and Evaluation through a Public Health Lens. Course 2 is designed for graduate students who want to better understand where their research fits in the complex and ever changing child maltreatment field from a social welfare perspective. Course 3 is directed at graduate students seeking to learn how to evaluate large scale primary preventive intervention programs and policies from a public health perspective.
Institute Highlights:

National and international participants representing multiple disciplines
Mentoring by leading experts
Course credit available through the Colorado School of Public Health
Research seminars and lectures from experts in the field

The last day to register is July 14, 2023. (There is a fee; scholarships may be available.)
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Conference, Equitable Approaches: Addressing Gender-Based Violence through Scholarship, Advocacy, and Activism
2023-09-28 - 2023-09-29
The Center for the Study and Prevention of Gender Based-Violence​ at the University of Delaware is hosting its inaugural national conference in Newark, Delaware. The “Equitable Approaches” conference centers the experiences of marginalized peoples through keynote speakers, plenary sessions, and “conversations that matter,” which are designed as intimate spaces where participants can engage with high-impact and innovative interventions and prevention strategies. The “Equitable Approaches” conference brings together researchers, practitioners, and policy experts from all sectors and creates space to engage in conversations and share research and best practices that utilize intersectional and interdisciplinary approaches to ending gender-based violence. ​
Registration fees are tied to participant income.
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Crime Trends in 2023: What We Know – and What Cities are Doing About It
2024-02-06 13:00 - 14:00
Homicide, motor vehicle theft, carjacking, and shoplifting are grabbing headlines across the country. But what do the latest data show about what happened in 2023? How have trends changed since before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and what are cities doing to address them? Join the Council on Criminal Justice to explore trends in 12 offenses for 34 large cities across the U.S and talk with leading experts about what’s driving them. Panelists will also dig into what cities are doing to reduce crime, address community fears, and improve public confidence in the effective and equitable administration of justice. A Q&A will follow the presentation.
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