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Understanding the Impact of COVID-19 on Victim Services

May 2024

The COVID-19 pandemic had a detrimental impact on communities across the nation and significantly affected various aspects of individuals’ lives. One of the negative impacts was an increase in gender-based violence accompanied by shifting barriers to accessing services and support. Victims and victim service providers faced various challenges dealing with the increase in need for services, navigating barriers to help-seeking, and addressing logistical issues.

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A Conceptual Model of Help-Seeking by Black Americans After Violent Injury: Implications for Reducing Inequities in Access to Care

Date Published

August 2022

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored, OVC-Sponsored

Examining Intersections between Law Enforcement and Victims

Date Published

May 2022

Publication Type

Publication, Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Explaining the Use of Traditional Law Enforcement Responses to Human Trafficking Concerns in Illicit Massage Businesses

Date Published

April 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Phased Evaluation of an OVC-Funded National Resource Center: Assessing VictimConnect’s Implementation and Outcomes for the Victim Service Field

15PNIJ-22-GG-03290-NONF

Open

Funding First Awarded

2022

$650,000

What Constitutes Success? Evaluating Legal Services for Victims of Crime, Final Site Report: Maryland Crime Victims Resource Center

Date Published

September 2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Evaluation of Technology-based Advocacy Services (ETA): Technical Report, Executive Summary

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

"It's Hard to Show Empathy in a Text": Developing a Web-based Sexual Assault Hotline in a College Setting

Date Published

2021

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Criminal Protection Orders Among Women Victims of Intimate Partner Violence: Women's Experiences of Court Decisions, Processes, and Their Willingness to Engage With the System in the Future

Date Published

2021

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Understanding Forced Marriage in the United States: Developing Measures, Examining its Nature, and Assessing Gender Disparities

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Postinjury Engagement With the Police and Access to Care Among Victims of Violent Street Crime: Does Criminal History Matter?

Date Published

June 2020

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Phase Two of ETA: Evaluation of Technology-based Advocacy Services: Assessment of Program Outcomes

15PNIJ-21-GG-00993-NONF

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2021

$590,041

The Overlap Between Those Committing Offenses Who Also Are Victims: One Class of Crime Victim Rarely Seeks or Receives Available Services

Domestic Violence Research 15 Years After VAWA

June 2010

Since the passage of the Violence Against Women Act, a majority of the more than 250 research and evaluation studies funded by NIJ examined domestic violence issues. This research has been collected in the Compendium of Research on Violence Against Women, which includes an abstract of each grant and the results of completed studies.

Non-fatal Intimate Partner Violence Against LGB Individuals: Exploring Victims' Use of Formal and Informal Services Through Analysis of Existing Data Sources

2016-V3-GX-0008

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$134,520

Young Men of Color''s Help-Seeking Following Violent Victimization

2015-VF-GX-0112

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$578,816

Serial Sexual Assaults: A Longitudinal Examination of Offending Patterns Using DNA Evidence

2014-NE-BX-0006

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2014

$699,533

Study of Victim Experiences of Wrongful Conviction

Date Published

September 2012

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

A Multi-Site Assessment of Five Court-Focused Elder Abuse Initiatives, Final Technical Report

Date Published

June 2010

Publication Type

Report (Technical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Beyond Arrest: The Portland, Oregon Domestic Violence Experiment, Final Report

Date Published

December 1999

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Evaluation of the Judicial Oversight Demonstration Initiative: Implementation Strategies and Lessons

Date Published

September 2002

Publication Type

Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

The Effectiveness of Coordinated Outreach in Intimate Partner Violence Cases: A Randomized, Longitudinal Design

2007-WG-BX-0002

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2007

$499,880

Brockton, Massachusetts, Arrest Policies Project: A Process Evaluation

Date Published

September 2000

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Using a Longitudinal Data Set to Further Our Understanding of the Trajectory of Intimate Violence Over Time

Date Published

2000

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored