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Violence Against Women Act

Tribal Crime, Justice, and Safety (Part 1)

June 2022
Series
Justice Today Podcast

Research indicates that Native American persons experience crime victimization at higher rates than non-Native people. Furthermore, the unique position of American Indian and Alaska Native tribes as both sovereign nations and domestic dependents of the U.S. creates jurisdictional complexities in responding to crime, justice, and safety. Senior social and behavioral scientist Christine (Tina) Crossland discusses NIJ’s research on these topics, especially on the prevention of violence towards American Indians and Alaska Natives. Communications Assistant Stacy Lee Reynolds hosts.

Compendium of Research on Violence Against Women 1993-2020

NCJ Number
301583
Date Published
August 2021
Agencies
NIJ
PDF | Sub-Category A-i: Advocacy | Sub-Category A-ii: Arrest and Prosecution | Sub-Category A-iii: Offender Interventions | Sub-Category A-iv: Courts & the Criminal Justice System | Sub-Category A-v: Courts & the Civil Justice System | Sub-Category A-vi: Forensic and Investigative Methods | Sub-Category A-vii: Protection Orders | Sub-Category A-viii: Policy and Legislation | Sub-Category A-ix: Victim Services | Sub-Category A-x: Artificial Intelligence | Sub-Category B-i: Development of Risk Assessment Instruments | Sub-Category B-ii: Context, Meaning, and Motive | Sub-Category C-i: National Surveys | Sub-Category C-ii: Databases | Sub-Category C-iii: Secondary Data Analysis of National Surveys Examining Risk … | Sub-Category C-iv: Risk Factors for Homicide and Serious Injury | Sub-Category D-i: Specific Populations | Sub-Category D-ii: VAW and Welfare | Sub-Category D-iii: Domestic Violence and Children | Sub-Category D-iv: Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children | Sub-Category D-v: Drug and Alcohol Use, and Criminal Histories | Sub-Category D-vi: Context and Life Course | Category E: Trafficking in Persons | Category F: VAWA Evaluations | Category G: Synthesis of Existing Information | Category H: NIH Jointly Funded Projects | Category I: Teen Dating Violence | Category J: Violence Against Indian Women | Category K: Special Projects

What is SPARC?

NCJ Number
301513
Date Published
Unknown
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
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Award Condition: Civil Rights Compliance Specific to State Administering Agencies (OJP awards made during or before FY 2016)

The following requirements are specifically incorporated by reference in a number of OJP awards to States made during FY 2016 and earlier fiscal years.

Award requirement:

All State Administering Agencies (SAAs) have a responsibility to monitor their subrecipients to ensure that the subrecipients are complying with the federal civil rights laws that are applicable to recipients of federal financial assistance. In accordance with 28 C.F.R. §§...

Civil Rights

The Office for Civil Rights at the Office of Justice Programs ensures that recipients of financial assistance from OJP, as well as the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services and the Office on Violence Against Women, comply with federal laws that prohibit discrimination in employment and the delivery of services or benefits based on race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, and disability. See Civil Rights Requirements for more information.

Recipients of financial assistance from OVW are also prohibited from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. For more information, see Nondiscrimination Grant Condition in the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013.

Employees, beneficiaries and applicants for employment or services of any of the above who believe that they have experienced unlawful discrimination may file a complaint.

The Investigative Findings page captures information for a selection of OCR investigations.

Contacts

Director: Michael Alston
OCR Main Line: 202-307-0690
Fax: 202-354-4380
TDD/TTY: 202-307-2027
OCR E-mail: [email protected]

Resources

Other federal civil rights agencies: