OVC Directory of Crime Victim Services
The Directory is designed to help crime victims and service providers find nonemergency crime victim service agencies in the United States and abroad.
Homicide
Privacy & Dignity: A Guide to Interacting With the Media
Date Published
2020
Agencies
OVC-Sponsored
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Instructional Material (Programmed)
Promising Practices: Multidisciplinary Responses to Complex Homicide Cases
Date Published
2020
Agencies
OVC-Sponsored
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Instructional Material,
Grants and Funding
September 2020 Featured Resources
September is National Preparedness Month
President Trump has proclaimed September as National Preparedness Month. In his proclamation, the President states “we cannot always know when the next crisis will occur, but we can know that we will be prepared by committing ourselves to a culture of resilience.”
OVC’s Helping Victims of Mass Violence & Terrorism: Planning, Response, Recovery, and Resources toolkit provides communities and...
Coping With the Holidays After the Death of a Loved One or When You Are a Victim/Crime Survivor
Date Published
November 2005
Agencies
OVC
Publication Type
Instructional Material
Victim Assistance Training (VAT) Online
Location
Online
,
Event Type
Web
Registration Status
Open
OVC Help Series for Crime Victims: Homicide
Date Published
June 2012
Agencies
OVC
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Instructional Material (Programmed)
OVC Help Series for Crime Victims
Date Published
June 2012
Agencies
OVC
Publication Type
Instructional Material (Programmed)
Homicide Victims/Co-Survivors
Discover publications, resources, and other information about homicide victims/co-survivors.
International Terrorism Victim Expense Reimbursement Program (ITVERP)
ITVERP is a unique federal program that provides financial reimbursement for qualifying expenses to qualified U.S. citizens and U.S. government employees who suffered direct physical or emotional injury from an act of international terrorism while outside the United States.
September 25: National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims
In 2007, the U.S. Congress designated September 25 of each year as the National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims. The resolution states that this day provides “an opportunity for the people of the United States to honor the memories of murder victims and to recognize the impact on surviving family members.”
Visit the Parents Of Murdered Children website to find commemorative events hosted by...
Elder Abuse Fatality Review Teams: A Replication Manual
Date Published
June 2019
Agencies
OVC-Sponsored
Publication Type
Program Description (Model)
Research Brief: Homicide Co-Victimization
Date Published
July 2018
Agencies
OVC-Sponsored
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description,
Issue Overview
Delivering the News With Compassion: The GRIEV_ING Death Notification Protocol
Date Published
2005
Agencies
OVC-Sponsored
Publication Type
Technical Assistance,
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Instructional Material (Programmed)
Vision 21: Multidisciplinary Responses in Complex Homicide Cases
Date Published
August 2017
Agencies
OVC
Publication Type
Technical Assistance,
Program/Project Description,
Instructional Material
Vision 21: Law Enforcement and the Communities They Serve
Date Published
June 2017
Agencies
OVC
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Program/Project Description,
Issue Overview
Crimes Against the Elderly, 2003-2013
Date Published
November 2014
Agencies
BJS
Nation's Two Measures of Homicide
Date Published
July 2014
Agencies
BJS
Homicide in the U.S. Known to Law Enforcement, 2011
Date Published
December 2013
Agencies
BJS
Intimate Partner Violence: Attributes of Victimization, 1993-2011
Date Published
November 2013
Agencies
BJS
Workplace Violence Against Government Employees, 1994-2011
Date Published
April 2013
Agencies
BJS
National Victim Assistance Academy Resource Paper: Homicide
Date Published
September 2012
Agencies
OVC
Publication Type
Issue Overview,
Instructional Material
Violent Victimization Committed by Strangers, 1993-2010
Date Published
December 2012
Agencies
BJS
Men Who Murder Their Families: What the Research Tells Us
Date Published
June 2010
Agencies
NIJ
Serving Survivors of Homicide Victims During Cold Case Investigations: A Guide for Developing a Law Enforcement Protocol
Date Published
August 2011
Agencies
OVC-Sponsored
Publication Type
Report (Study/Research)