Across the country, firearm-related injuries and deaths are on the rise — especially among youth and young adults. The increasing number of adolescents experiencing mental health issues and the surge in homicides, unintentional shootings and school-based violence are among the factors contributing to the record number of deaths. This symposium will highlight local research efforts […]
From Alliance for Safety and Justice and Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice: While victims’ compensation programs are designed to offer aid to crime victims to help them recover from the crime, there are systemic barriers in law, policy, and practice that limit the reach of these services. The Alliance for Safety and Justice and […]
Since 2019, a group of experts by experience and experts by profession have been working together to identify research priorities around the support and recovery needs of survivors. This is an important initiative urgently needed due to the scarcity of sexual violence research. We hope this work will be a spring board for future investigations, […]
From the National Center for Victims of Crime: Scams and fraud are ongoing and rapidly escalating problems. Researchers and advocates have sought to understand the dynamics of financial fraud victimization, however, the drivers behind chronic, repeated fraud victimization have remained a mystery. The FINRA Investor Education Foundation and the AARP Fraud Watch Network will discuss […]
From the National Indigenous Women's Resource Center and Indigenous Safe Housing Center; more details to come. Specialty Institute June 28-30, 2022
This is the third town hall from the National Mass Violence Victimization Resource Center. These sessions are designed for victim service professionals to coordinate with their communities to prepare for a mass violence or terrorism incident (MVI). These Town Halls offer important “lessons learned” from experts who have extensive experience in preparing for and responding […]
The Safety Net Project at the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) invites you to join us for our 10th Annual Virtual Technology Summit. When? Tuesday, July 19 – Thursday, July 21, 2022. (All sessions in Eastern Time.) Where? Our Virtual Technology Summit will include 8 webinars over the course of 3 days, all presented over […]
Join NOVA for our 48th Annual Training Event in Denver, Colorado on August 1 – 4, 2022. Meet the NOVA staff and other helping professionals from around the globe at the Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel. This conference will be 4 days of inspiring keynotes, engaging workshops and establishing connections with other passionate professionals in the […]
Professionals working with and serving communities at risk of human trafficking increasingly use public health strategies to establish evidence-informed, data-driven responses to human trafficking. "The Public Health Response to Human Trafficking: A Look-Back and a Step Forward," published by Public Health Reports (PHR) and sponsored by the Office on Trafficking in Persons, expands the current […]
Join the Institute for Research on Poverty for this timely webinar. A growing body of research has begun to change understandings of how toxic environments can affect young people, particularly African American boys and young men. This webinar features presenters Noni Gaylord-Harden, Jocelyn Smith Lee, and Alvin Thomas who will address risk and protective factors for youth […]
Judges play a critical role in making reasonable efforts decisions in child welfare cases, yet there is limited research on how they make these decisions or how those decisions relate to case outcomes. This study seeks to fill that gap by examining judges’ reasonable efforts decision-making at the initial hearing of a child welfare case. […]
Our two coordinated in-person courses feature a state-of-the-art opportunity to learn and are combined with intensive mentoring by national and international experts in the field of child maltreatment. Whether you are a child abuse fellow getting oriented to research or a graduate student who wants to better understand where your research fits in this complex […]
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