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Keeping Victims Informed: Service Providers' and Victims' Experiences Using Automated Notification Systems

Journal

Violence and Victims

Date Published

January 2015

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

“They had to change the model to fit the victim, versus the victim having to fit the model”: Innovative solutions in community response to commercial sexual exploitation

Journal

Child and Youth Services

Date Published

December 2025

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Understanding the Needs of Victims of Criminal Justice System-Related Harms

Journal

Crime & Delinquency

Date Published

November 2025

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Understanding the Needs of and Resources for Victims of Criminal Justice System-Related Harm

Date Published

December 2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

A Practical Guide to Interviewing Potential Human Trafficking Victims

Date Published

November 20, 2024

Researchers identified and described best practices for law enforcement interviewing of trafficking victims, based on the literature.

Impact and Outcomes of a Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Program in Columbia, SC

15PNIJ-24-GK-02988-CVIP

Open

Funding First Awarded

2024

$1,064,927

Building the Capacity of Community-Facing Agencies to Implement Evidence-Based Practices

15PNIJ-24-GG-02871-NIJB

Open

Funding First Awarded

2024

$365,675

Human Trafficking Data Project

15PNIJ-24-GG-00121-BRND

Open

Funding First Awarded

2024

$963,000

Understanding the Impact of COVID-19 on Victim Services

Date Published

May 2024

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Issue Overview

Understanding the Impact of COVID-19 on Victim Services

Event Dates

May 20, 2024, 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Eastern

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Not Required

Unconventional Wisdom: Research Shakes Up Assumptions About Sex Trafficking Clues in Online Escort Ads

Date Published

May 8, 2024

Scientific study finds that many widely recognized indicators of trafficking in online escort ads are likely not reliable. Research also produces new practice guide.

In Their Own Words: Challenges and Successes for Victim Service Providers During Covid-19

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Understanding the Impact of COVID-19 on Victim Service Provision: Recommendations for VSPs to Mitigate Future Service Disruption

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Understanding the Trafficking of Children for the Purposes of Labor in the United States

Date Published

2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Building Knowledge About Victim Services

Journal

NIJ Journal

Date Published

March 2024

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Building Knowledge About Victim Services

NIJ FY24 Research and Evaluation of Services for Victims of Crime

Closing Date

May 1, 2024

Grants.gov Deadline

April 17, 2024

Application JustGrants Deadline

May 1, 2024

Five Things About Protecting Against Mass Attacks

An Evaluability Assessment of the Not In Our Town Hate and Bias Action Teams Model

15PNIJ-23-GG-05492-MUMU

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$686,997

A Whole Community Approach to Hate Crime Reduction: Research to Improve Prevention, Reporting, and Victim Support

15PNIJ-23-GG-05495-HATE

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$665,999

Exploring how survivor perspectives and priorities are reflected in the use and implementation of Extreme Risk Protective Orders to address intimate partner violence

15PNIJ-23-GG-02404-BSCI

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$579,986

Native Missing Persons Cases Will Not be Solved by Police Alone The Case for Missing Persons Advocates

Journal

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Date Published

May 2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview

Measuring the Impact of Victim Services

2019-MU-MU-K026

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2023

$99,900

NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation of Services for Victims of Crime

Closing Date

April 27, 2023

Grants.gov Deadline

April 13, 2023

Application JustGrants Deadline

April 27, 2023

In Acceptance of the SEARCH 2022 Justice Policy Leadership Award

Thank you, Dave, and thanks to the SEARCH Board for choosing me as this year’s recipient of the Justice Policy Leadership Award. I am tremendously honored. I also want to thank the wait staff here for taking such good care of us this evening — please join me in thanking them all!

If I’m not mistaken, this is the first time that SEARCH has awarded...