Related Guides
Additional Resources
- U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime OVC administers compensation and assistance programs that serve crime victims. It is charged by Congress with administering the Crime Victims Fund, a major source of funding for victim services throughout the Nation
- U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime Training & Technical Assistance Center OVC TTAC is the gateway to current training and technical assistance for victim service providers and allied professionals who serve crime victims. Our aim is building the capacity of victim assistance organizations across the country in three primary ways:
- Victim Assistance Training Online, Office for Victims of Crime VAT Online is a foundational Web-based victim assistance training program that offers victim service providers and allied professionals the opportunity to acquire the essential skills and knowledge they need to more effectively assist victims of crime.
- U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, VictimLaw VictimLaw is a searchable database of victims' rights legal provisions including federal, state, and territorial statutes, tribal laws, state constitutional amendments, court rules, administrative code provisions, and summaries of related court decisions and attorney general opinions.
- National Center for Victims of Crime Through collaboration with local, state, and federal partners, the National Center: 1) Advocates for Stronger Rights, Protections, and Services for Crime Victims 2) Provides Education, Training, and Evaluation, 3) Serves as a Trusted Source of Current Information on Victims' Issues
- CDC, Division of Violence Prevention The Division’s mission is to prevent injuries and deaths caused by violence.
Professional Associations & Organizations
- American Society of Criminology, Division of Victimology The mission of the Division of Victimology is to promote the professional growth and development of its members through scholarship, pedagogy, and practices associated with the field of Victimology.
- Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Victimology Section The Victimology Section membership is committed to raising the awareness of the field of Victimology.
- Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Restorative and Community Justice Section The mission of the Section on Restorative and Community Justice is to provide a professional association for academics, educators, justice agency practitioners, victim advocates, victim services interested in developing restorative and community justice theory; conduct policy relevant research on restorative and community justice practices; and educate individuals, organizations, institutions, and governmental entities about restorative and community justice principles and practices.
- National Association of Community and Restorative Justice The National Association of Community and Restorative Justice (NACRJ) employs principles of social and restorative justice seeking transformation in the ways justice questions are addressed. It promotes effective forms of justice that are equitable, sustainable and socially constructive.
- Center for Victim Research The Center for Victim Research is designed to serve as a one-stop shop for victim service providers and researchers to connect and share knowledge to increase (1) access to victim research and data and (2) the utility of research and data collection to crime victim services nationwide. We use the following strategies to improve the response to victims:
Evidence-Based Resources
- Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development The Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development mission is to provide a comprehensive registry of scientifically proven and scalable interventions that prevent or reduce the likelihood of antisocial behavior and promote a healthy course of youth development and adult maturity. We also advocate for evidence-based interventions locally and nationally and produce publications on the importance of adopting high-scientific standards when evaluating what works in social and crime prevention interventions.
- Campbell Library of Systemic Reviews: Crime & Justice Systematic reviews of social and economic policies published by the Campbell Collaboration. Includes Criminal Justice.
- Campbell Collaboration The Campbell Collaboration promotes positive social and economic change through the production and use of systematic reviews and other evidence synthesis for evidence-based policy and practice.
- Evidence-Based Policing Matrix, Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy, George Mason University The Evidence-Based Policing Matrix is a research-to-practice translation tool that organizes moderate to very rigorous evaluations of police interventions visually, allowing agencies and researchers to view the field of research in this area
- Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy, George Mason University The Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy (CEBCP), housed within the Department of Criminology, Law and Society at George Mason University, seeks to make scientific research a key component in decisions about crime and justice policies.
- Crime Solutions (National Institute of Justice) The Office of Justice Programs’ CrimeSolutions.gov uses rigorous research to determine what works in criminal justice, juvenile justice, and crime victim services. On CrimeSolutions.gov you will find: Research on the effectiveness of programs and practices as reviewed and rated by Expert Reviewers and Easily understandable ratings based on the evidence that indicates whether a program or practice achieves its goals.
- SAMHSA Evidence-Based Practices Resource Center ( U.S. Department of Health & Human Services) SAMHSA is committed to improving prevention, treatment, and recovery support services for mental and substance use disorders. The Evidence-Based Practices Resource Center provides communities, clinicians, policy-makers and others with the information and tools to incorporate evidence-based practices into their communities or clinical settings.
- Model Programs Guide (Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention: OJJDP) The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention’s (OJJDP’s) Model Programs Guide (MPG) contains information about evidence-based juvenile justice and youth prevention, intervention, and reentry programs
- Evidence-Based Policing in 45 Small Bytes (National Institute of Justice) This guidebook presents a practical framework for understanding evidence-based policing (EBP). The framework is practical in the sense that it is understandable, feasible, and directly tied to making policing more effective. In other words, it isn’t about collecting data for its own sake, or about doing research for its own sake. Rather, it is about serving and protecting the public as effectively as possible.
- Perspectives on Research and Evidence-Based Policing (National Institute of Justice) Perspectives on Research and Evidence-Based Policing collects the writings of LEADS [Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science] scholars to demonstrate the impact of EBP across individual agencies
- Best Practice Portal (European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction) Discover what works (and what doesn't work) in the areas of drug prevention, treatment, harm reduction and social reintegration.
- EPPI-Centre Knowledge Library (University College London) The large number of systematic reviews conducted by and supported by the EPPI-Centre have contributed to a broad knowledge base that covers a number of subject areas.
- Evidence-Based Practices (National Institute of Corrections) Evidence-based practice (EBP) is the objective, balanced, and responsible use of current research and the best available data to guide policy and practice decisions, such that outcomes for consumers are improved. Used originally in the health care and social science fields, evidence-based practice focuses on approaches demonstrated to be effective through empirical research rather than through anecdote or professional experience alone.
