As evidence on community-level approaches to domestic and sexual violence prevention continues to emerge, practitioners are learning how physical spaces play a role in shaping social connections, behaviors and motivations that influence the likelihood of violence. Changing the physical/built environment holds promise in achieving population-level...
On May 29, 2019, at 2:00 p.m. e.t., the Office for Victims of Crime Training and Technical Assistance Center will present an online Expert Q&A discussion with Marcus Bruning on "Law Enforcement Response: Approaching Your Work with a Trauma-Informed Lens." Victims react to the psychological trauma...
Las personas sordas y con discapacidades tienen tres veces más probabilidades de experimentar violencia que las personas sin discapacidades, sin embargo, nuestro análisis del campo de servicios a las víctimas de violencia indica que, en general, las organizaciones no están preparadas para atender las necesidades...
Description Author, lawyer, and Black lesbian immigrant survivor Andrea Ritchie will provide a focused look at police violence and racial profiling in the context of domestic violence in this presentation. This timely webinar will explore police responses to domestic violence as sites of racial profiling, criminalization,...
You are cordially invited to the premier showing of NCALL's draft video series titled Lifting Up the Voices of Older Survivors (LUV). On June 5, the National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life (NCALL), Terra Nova Films (TNF), the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), and...
A webinar on practical skills & best practices for utilizing inclusive and culturally responsive language when gathering demographic and intake data on sexual orientation and gender identity....
This webinar will focus on a segment of the U.S. prison population that has grown exponentially in recent decades — people with mental illness. About half of all people in jails and prisons suffer from mental illness, and only a small fraction of them receive...
Recent research suggests that up to 40% of patients who present for care following a sexual assault have some history of mental illness. But there has been limited academic work that examines unique considerations that may arise when caring for this patient population. How do...
Do you know how easy it is for some abusers to track their victim’s every move and monitor everything they do? Abusers often misuse technology to further harm and control their victims. This webinar will illustrate the safety risks of popular technologies, while offering safety...
Globally, nearly 1 in 3 women over the age of 15 have experienced intimate partner violence (IPV), and several reports have shown that women subjected to IPV experience repetitive mild traumatic brain injuries (rTBIs) at alarmingly high rates. Women have also reported high rates of...
