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National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center
A Federal resource for professionals, parents and youth working to prevent violence committed by and against young people.
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- National Victim Assistance Academy
The National Victim Assistance Academy (NVAA) Web site discusses the NVAA foundation level professional education course of study in victimology, victims' rights, and victim services. NVAA is supported by the US Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime in collaboration with California Sta ...
External Resources
- Breaking the Cycle of Violence: Recommendations to Improve the Criminal Justice Response to Child Victims and Witnesses (PDF 1.34MB)
This monograph describes the best practices and programs that focus on the most effective response to child victims and child witnesses by all those who work in the criminal justice system, beginning at the crime scene and continuing through the prosecution.
Federal Partner: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office for Victims of Crime, National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice
- Office for Victims of Crime Resource Center
The Office for Victims of Crime Resource Center (OVCRC) is a primary source
of crime victim information.
Federal Partner: Office of Justice Programs, Office for Victims of Crime, U.S.
Department of Justice
- National Center for Victims of Crime
NCVC is a resource and advocacy organization serving individuals, families,
and communities harmed by crime. It provides information for victims of crime
on how to rebuild their lives, and direct services and resources that are available.
It also works with grassroots organizations and criminal justice agencies serving
crime victims.
National Organization: National Center for Victims of Crime
- National Organization for Victim Assistance (NOVA)
NOVA provides crisis information, publications, resources and links.
National Organization: National Organization for Victim Assistance (NOVA)
- Juvenile Offenders and Victims 1999 National Report
This report analyses self-reports and official records as primary sources of
information on juvenile offending.
Federal Partner: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S.
Department of Justice
- Criminal Victimization in United States-Statistical Tables
This document presents detailed data on major variables measured by the National
Crime Victimization Survey.
Federal Partner: Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice
- Student Victimization at School
This report presents information on personal student victimization from a national
survey of 6th through 12th graders conducted in the spring of 1993. The estimates
provided reflect incidents that occurred at school or school related, as well
as on the way to or from school.
Federal Partner: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of
Education
- Characteristics of Crimes Against Juveniles (PDF 138 KB)
This bulletin reviews data from the 1997 National Incident Based Reporting System
(NIBRS) data file that pertain to juvenile victims.
Federal Partner: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S.
Department of Justice
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Reporting Crimes Against Juveniles (PDF 76 KB)
This Bulletin describes the findings of the National Crime Victimization Survey,
which was conducted for the U.S. Department of Justice by the Bureau of the
Census.
Federal Partner: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S.
Department of Justice
