Spotlight / Winter 2018

Review OVC’s fact sheet on driving under the influence.

Learn from the CDC about impaired driving, including risk factors and prevention methods.

Read about crime and violence in the lives of people with disabilities and the implications.

Review data on crime against persons with disabilities from the Bureau of Justice Statistics.

Learn about trauma-informed social work with female survivors of intimate partner violence with disabilities.

Understand sexual victimization of men with disabilities and Deaf men.

Check out OVC’s 2018 fact sheet on stalking.

Learn from surveys of domestic violence advocates and victims how technology is used in stalking incidents (full-text in CVR’s library).

Read about surveys conducted to examine trafficking in Indian country or involving Native Americans.

Review products from a study on human trafficking survivors’ perceptions of justice and the justice system, including this summary brief.

Explore this searchable platform for human trafficking cases and a report on the intersection of organized crime and human trafficking.

Learn about human trafficking prevalence among homeless youth from this three-city study.

Review CDC’s fact sheet to learn about teen dating violence and how it can be prevented.

Learn about the importance of considering relationship dynamics in teen dating violence from this NIJ research brief.

Explore this analysis of data to understand how homicide victimization impacts the African American community.

Read about racial and ethnic disparities in male violent victimization.

Learn about the consequences that exposure to violence and victimization can have on Black children.

Watch this video to learn about coping with homicide in African American communities.

Learn about efforts to better understand male and female self-reports of intimate partner violence.

Review the latest, revised statistics on violent victimization from NCVS.