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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: January 18, 2006 at 12:00 AM

This data collection was designed to examine the effectiveness of a New York City agency's attempt to decrease the negative emotions that result from victimization. The data address the ...

• V2

• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: November 04, 2005 at 12:00 AM

This study was undertaken to investigate factors facilitating and hindering a victim's decision to report a sexual assault to the police. Further objectives were to use the findings to assist...

• V1

• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: November 04, 2005 at 12:00 AM

The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act of 1984 (FVPSA) provided funding, through the Office of Victims of Crime in the United States Department of Justice, for 23 law enforcement ...

• V1

• Organization: State of Maryland
• Dataset Last Updated: September 28, 2022

Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services (description updated 3/6/2023)

• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: March 30, 2006 at 12:00 AM

The focus of this research and evaluation endeavor was on direct service programs in Ohio, particularly advocacy services for female victims of violence, receiving funding through the...

• V2

• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: July 13, 2006 at 12:00 AM

This study was undertaken to evaluate Alexandria, Virginia's Domestic Violence Intervention Program (DVIP), which is a coordinated community response to domestic violence. Specifically, the...

• V2

• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: April 30, 2009 at 09:51 AM

The purpose of this study was to better understand the problem of sexual assault among African American women in Maryland, assess their use of available resources in response to sexual assault,...

• V1

• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: March 30, 2006 at 12:00 AM

This study assessed the influence of the criminal justice system on the bereavement process of individuals who have lost loved ones to homicide. The primary question motivating this research...

• V1

• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: November 04, 2005 at 12:00 AM

This study was designed to explore whether civil protection orders were effective in providing safer environments for victims of domestic violence and enhancing their opportunities for...

• V1

• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: December 02, 2021 at 12:16 PM

The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) entered into a cooperative agreement with Westat to design and conduct the National Survey of Victim Service Providers (NSVSP). The NSVSP is jointly funded...

• V1

• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: November 04, 2005 at 12:00 AM

The main objective of this survey was to determine the number of crime victims receiving mental health counseling, by type of crime, and the annual cost of treatment for each type of crime ...

• V1

• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: March 30, 2006 at 12:00 AM

In 1996 the Institute for Law and Justice (ILJ) began an evaluation of the law enforcement and prosecution components of the "STOP Violence Against Women" grant program authorized by the...

• V1

• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: May 14, 2012 at 09:19 AM

Investigator(s): Bureau of Justice Statistics The National Survey of Prosecutors is a survey of chief prosecutors in state court systems. A chief prosecutor is an official, usually locally...

• FILE

• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: March 30, 2006 at 12:00 AM

The Colorado Springs Police Department formed a nontraditional domestic violence unit in 1996 called the Domestic Violence Enhanced Response Team (DVERT). This unit involved a partnership...

• V1

• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: January 12, 2006 at 12:00 AM

This data collection was designed to gauge the impact of a victim assistance program on the behavior and attitudes of victims and to evaluate the program as assessed by police and...

• V1

• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: January 12, 2006 at 12:00 AM

The central purpose of this study was to provide descriptive information about hospitalized crime victims. More specifically, patients' knowledge of victim services, the legal justice system,...

• V1

• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: April 29, 2016 at 10:10 PM

These data are part of NACJD's Fast Track Release and are distributed as they were received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release, but not checked or processed...

• V1

• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: January 12, 2006 at 12:00 AM

This data collection examines the ways in which victim harm affects decisions regarding arrest, prosecution, and sentencing, and the impact of these decisions on the victim's perception of...

• V1

• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: March 30, 2006 at 12:00 AM

This study had a variety of aims: (1) to assess the needs of violent crime victims, (2) to document the services that were available to violent crime victims in the San Diego region, (3) to ...

• V1

• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: November 04, 2005 at 12:00 AM

This data collection examines the needs of burglary, robbery, and assault victims and the responses of local victim assistance programs to those needs in four metropolitan areas: ...

• V1