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NIJ is seeking applications for an evaluation of the Office for Victims of Crime Supporting Male Survivors of Violence Demonstration Initiative. The demonstration, undertaken with theOffice of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, seeks to improve the responses to male survivors of violence, particularly boys and young men of color, and their families and dedicate technical assistance to support these efforts. Among other things, the demonstration...
NIJ has a longstanding history of collaborating with and supporting the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) on research, evaluation, and programmatic projects. Over the years, the shared priorities of OVC and NIJ have resulted in a number of collective projects, workshops, and research. In collaboration with OVC, NIJ is seeking proposals for research on victims and victimization in the following three areas that are...
NIJ seeks proposals to evaluate the Office on Violence Against Women’s (OVW) Sexual Assault Justice Initiative. The OVW Sexual Assault Justice Initiative will fund up to eight sites to implement performance measures intended to gauge prosecution efforts in cases of sexual assault. The performance measures are intended to improve prosecutorial practices by targeting accountability-related outputs and outcomes rather than determining success by conviction rates.
| Classification | Study | Research Question | Methods | Findings | Limitations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multiple Treatments | Bennett, Riger, Schewe, Howard and Wasco, 2004 | The effectiveness of hotline, advocacy, counseling and shelter services for domestic violence victims | Using cluster evaluation, evaluated one fiscal year's worth of data from 54 programs serving victims of domestic violence. | Overall, effectiveness in all areas was supported; however, improvements in... |
We need to better understand how wrongful convictions affect the original crime victims and improve systemic support available to them.
