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Housing Child Trafficking Victims: A Look at the National Landscape

As our national understanding of child and youth trafficking has grown, so has the need for information regarding effective response. The issue of specialized residential placement is of particular interest to advocates and other service providers. Presenters joined in a researcher-practitioner partnership to examine policies, practices, and programming being implemented across the country to provide specialized services to trafficked youth within residential placement settings. They share the key components of a specialized child trafficking response that were identified in the course of this project, as well as recommendations for practice and research.

Capturing Victims’ Voices on Justice through Research

A panel of three keynote speakers share their work and recommendations for researching diverse victims’ experiences and perspectives on different systems and models of justice. Dr. West presents her decades of research on Black women’s experiences of domestic and sexual violence and treatment interventions from a social justice perspective. Dr. Hussemann shares her Perceptions of Justice project capturing voices of human trafficking survivors and their views on traditional, procedural, restorative, and transitional justice. Dr. McCoy presents her research on the victimization experiences of young men and boys of color and their perceptions of traditional and social justice. Attendees had the opportunity to ask questions of the experts and take part in small breakout discussions exploring the benefits, challenges, and policy implications of engaging in this research. CVR concludes the convening by sharing key resources to support researchers and practitioners in this work.

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Collecting Data

Research, evaluation, and program planning all require good quality data collection. For good quality data collection, you must know what data you need, how you will collect it, and how […]

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A Trauma-Informed Care Approach to Healthcare Providers’ Interactions with Families and Friends of Homicide Victims

The presenters discuss findings from their research with families and friends of homicide victims (FFHV) which focused on interactions with the healthcare system and healthcare providers in the aftermath of a loved one’s homicide. The research team held focus groups with FFHV and coded the qualitative data using the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s “Guiding Principles of Trauma-Informed Care” framework (2014). They discuss the findings, suggestions for healthcare providers’ interactions with patients who are FFHV, and the next steps for this project.

The Evidence Hour: Teen Dating Violence Help-Seeking Intentions and Behaviors Among Ethnically and Racially Diverse Youth

Teen 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.

Objectives:
• To 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.
• To examine the research gaps that remain in the scientific literature.
• To discuss promising actions that researchers, practitioners and advocates can take to fill those gaps and advance science and
practice in the field of TDV.

Presenters:
Diana 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’s current research work focuses on sexual and intimate partner violence among adolescents and adults, particularly among Latinos.

Carolina Vélez-Grau, PhD, LCSW, is a Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellow/Assistant Professor at the NYU Silver School of Social Work. Her research focuses on suicide prevention and access to mental health services among ethnocultural minoritized youth, particularly Latinx and Black teens.

Is This a Good Quality Evaluation Report?

In seeking information about evidence-based victim programs, you may find reports of outcome evaluations. Rather than simply checking “Program Evaluated” off the list, develop your own ability to critically review those reports!

Stan Orchowsky, Senior Research Fellow at the Justice Research and Statistics Association, will lead practitioners through an interactive webinar that will give them confidence in reviewing outcome evaluations. Participants will:

Learn key issues that can distinguish good from poor quality evaluations
Understand common evaluation terms
Test drive a checklist for critical review of an evaluation

About Center for Victim Research

OUR VISION A community of victim service providers and researchers collaborating to improve practice through effective use of research and data. OUR APPROACH The Center for Victim Research is designed […]

Research-Practice Partnership in Law Enforcement

Law enforcement agencies around the country are looking to improve their victim response and community connections. Participants from the Chattanooga Police Department share their experience incorporating research and evaluation into their efforts to implement the Enhancing Law Enforcement Response to Victims (ELERV) strategy to inform their work and better meet their goals. ELERV is supported by a partnership between the International Association of Chiefs of Police and the Office for Victims of Crime.

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