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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;VALUE=DATE:20220112
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SUMMARY:Society for Social Work and Research 26th Annual Conference
DESCRIPTION:The SSWR Annual Conference offers a scientific program that reflects a broad range of research interests\, from workshops on the latest quantitative and qualitative research methodologies to symposia featuring studies in child welfare\, aging\, mental health\, welfare reform\, substance abuse\, and HIV/AIDS. Over 500 symposia\, workshop\, roundtable\, paper and poster presentations. Research methods workshops are designed to enhance methods expertise and grant-writing skills and special sessions on research priorities and capacity building that target cutting-edge topics vital to contemporary social work research. \nREGISTER
URL:https://victimresearch.org/event/society-for-social-work-and-research-26th-annual-conference/
CATEGORIES:Conferences for Victim Services,External Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Society for Social Work and Research":MAILTO:dj@sswr.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220127T120000
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SUMMARY:Youth and Domestic Violence: Needs\, Services\, and Impact
DESCRIPTION:Join the Center for Violence Prevention and the Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing for an online discussion of our recent study \nYouth who have experienced domestic violence in their homes have many psychosocial needs. Community-based domestic violence programs help address these needs through programs like counseling\, childcare\, and mentoring which helping with family stabilization and healing\, but more support is needed. Join the Center for Violence Prevention and the Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing for an online discussion of our recent statewide study\, “Children Exposed to Domestic Violence: Understanding the Community Service Response and Needs in Texas.” The research team and a panel of practitioners will discuss study findings and next steps to enhance the service response to youth and families experiencing domestic violence. \nPresenters: \n\nDr. Leila Wood\, Ph.D.\, MSSW – Director of Evaluation for the Center for Violence Prevention\nMaggy McGiffert\, MA – Senior Research Associate for the Center for Violence Prevention\nDr. Monica Faulkner\, Ph.D. LMSW – TXICFW Director and Co-Principal Investigator\nAnna Wasim\, MSSW – TXICFW Lead Research Coordinator\n\n1.5 CEUs will be offered for attending this online discussion. \n\nREGISTER
URL:https://victimresearch.org/event/youth-and-domestic-violence-needs-services-and-impact/
CATEGORIES:External Events,Webinar
ORGANIZER;CN="University of Texas Austin - Center for Violence Prevention":MAILTO:violenceprevention@utmb.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220127T140000
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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/
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SUMMARY:National Mass Violence Victimization Resource Center National Town Hall
DESCRIPTION:January 27\, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM ET\n \nThe National Town Hall hosted by the National Mass Violence Victimization Resource Center (NMVVRC) will provide timely\, basic and evidence-informed information and resources about mass violence readiness\, response and resilience/recovery to a national\, interdisciplinary audience of survivors\, victim/survivor assistance professionals\, mental and behavioral health professionals\, law enforcement and criminal justice officials\, and allied professionals. \nEach 90-minute National Town Hall meeting will be held virtually on a quarterly basis\, and will feature experts including practitioners\, researchers\, and professionals who have lived experiences resulting from MVIs. Registered participants can submit questions in advance of each Town Hall\, which will be addressed within the Town Hall if time permits\, and directly if there are time limitations. \nSpeakers for this first National Town Hall will be: \n\n\nDr. Alyssa Rheingold is Director of the Center’s Preparedness\, Response and Recovery Division of the NMVVRC. She is a licensed clinical psychologist and Professor at the National Crime Victim’s Research and Treatment Center (NCVC) within the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina. The NMVVRC was established in October of 2017 in partnership with the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) within the Office of Justice Programs\, U.S. Department of Justice. The NMVVRC is located at the Medical University of South Carolina\, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences. The Center is composed of a multi-disciplinary team of scholars\, researchers\, victim service and mental health professionals\, partner organizations\, technical experts\, and relevant local and national organizations in a multifaceted team that collaborates with OVC.\n\n\n\nEugenia Pedley is a Senior Program Manager for the U.S. Department of Justice\, Office for Victims of Crime\, who coordinates OVC’s mass violence initiatives\, its related Cooperative Agreements (the AEAP program).\n\n\nMary Vail Ware is responsible for the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office for Victims of Crime\, Training and Technical Assistance Center (OVC TTAC)\, the Improving Community Response to Mass Violence Project (ICP TTA)\, the International Terrorism Victim Expense Reimbursement Program (ITVERP)\, and the Vicarious Trauma Response Initiative (VTRI). Mary Vail Ware\, OVC TTAC Project Director\, has more than 29 years of experience in victim services\, including 20 years in mass violence response. She has responded to mass violence incidents including Virginia Tech\, 9/11\, Orlando\, Las Vegas\, and Virginia Beach. She is currently assisting Rigby\, Idaho. Indianapolis\, and Oxford\, Michigan. OVC TTAC is the gateway to current training and technical assistance for victim service providers and allied professionals who serve crime victims. We aim to build the capacity of victim assistance organizations across the country to better serve victims of crime. OVC TTAC has a broad range of resources to help victim service providers\, first responders\, community organizations\, and allied professionals build that capacity. We focus on resources that help meet the unique needs of victims\, survivors\, and communities impacted by incidents of mass violence or terrorism.
URL:https://victimresearch.org/event/nmvrc-national-town-hall/
CATEGORIES:External Events,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220131T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220131T163000
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SUMMARY:Assessing the Scope of Missing Native Americans in Nebraska: Results from a State-Wide Study and Recommendations
DESCRIPTION:National Indian Country Training Initiative Announcement  \nThe problem of missing persons has gained significant attention\, and recent legislation in multiple states has called for studies on the scope of missing Native Americans. This webinar will describe the methodological and practical issues for researchers to consider when examining data on missing persons\, and present the issues that make reporting and investigating missing Native persons particularly challenging. Using data from four point-in-time-counts of missing persons in Nebraska in 2020\, the presenters will report the prevalence and context of Nebraska’s missing persons and missing Native persons\, and describe stability and change across demographic groups over time. The presenters also collected qualitative data from victim service providers regarding ways to support families and loved ones of missing persons. \nResults indicate that missing persons cases are dynamic and most cases are resolved quickly. Further\, the rate of missing persons and the rank order positions of demographic groups is relatively stable over time. Reported missing persons are disproportionately African American and Native American and are most likely to be minor boys. None of the missing Native cases were associated with a criminal investigation\, and more Native missing persons cases were resolved than missing persons cases from other racial groups. Further\, there was very little overlap between the state clearinghouse and the national missing persons lists. The presenters will provide specific directions for data collection\, legislative priorities\, and researcher-practitioner partnerships regarding the study of missing persons generally and missing Native Americans specifically. They will also address the potential role of missing persons advocacy in supporting families and communities.  There is no cost for attending this webinar. \nThis media and materials are for Department of Justice use and subject to protection from release under the Freedom of Information Act\, 5 U.S.C. section 552. \nThe Executive Office for United States Attorneys (EOUSA) will provide reasonable accommodations to people with disabilities. Requests should be made to the course POC as early as possible\, preferably at least three weeks in advance of the training. No nominee will be excluded from a course on the basis of a disability-related accommodations request. \n                          \n\n\n\n \nTraining Date\nJanuary 31\, 2022\n\n\n \nTraining Times (EST)\n3:00 – 4:30 p.m. EST\n\n\n \nTraining Times (CST)\n2:00 pm – 3:30 pm CST\n\n\n \nTraining Times (MST)\n1:00 pm – 2:30 pm MST\n\n\n \nTraining Times (PST)\n12:00 pm – 1:30 pm PST\n\n\n\n  \nNon-DOJ Registration Deadline: Wednesday\, January 26\, 2022 \nREGISTER
URL:https://victimresearch.org/event/assessing-the-scope-of-missing-native-americans-in-nebraska-results-from-a-state-wide-study-and-recommendations/
CATEGORIES:External Events,Webinar
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