Sexual assault
"Victim is Not Credible" The Influence of Rape Culture on Police Perceptions of Sexual Assault Complainants
It All Just Piles Up: Challenges to Victim Credibility Accumulate to Influence Sexual Assault Case Processing
TECHBeat, February 2019
TECHBeat, April 2019
TECHBeat, July/August 2019
TECHBeat, May 2018
Understanding Intimate Partner Sexual Assaults: Findings from Sexual Assault Kits.
OVC Office Welcomes New Director
On March 31, Jessica E. Hart was sworn in as the Director of the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC). As the Director, Ms. Hart oversees nearly $9 billion in grants and other programs that are vital to victims as they rebuild their lives in the aftermath of crime.
Ms. Hart has over 10 years of diverse legal and public service experience, including positions within...
Providing Victims of Sexual Assault the Care They Deserve
April is National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, a time to renew our commitment to help victims of this violent and vicious crime. The Office of Justice Programs works year-round to expand and improve services available to those who have suffered the deep trauma of a sexual assault.
The figures are staggering. Research from OJP’s Bureau of Justice Statistics’ 2018 National Crime Victimization Survey...
Forgotten Evidence: A Mixed Methods Study of Why Sexual Assault Kits (SAKs) Are Not Submitted for DNA Forensic Testing
A Multidimensional Approach to Ascertaining Individual Differentiation and Consistency in Serial Sexual Assault: Is It Time to Redefine and Refine?
The Stability of Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration From Adolescence to Emerging Adulthood in Sexual Minorities
Age of Onset for Physical and Sexual Teen Dating Violence Perpetration: A Longitudinal Investigation
Survivors' Advice to Service Providers How to Best Serve Survivors of Sexual Assault
Longitudinal Examination of the Bullying-Sexual Violence Pathway Across Early to Late Adolescence: Implicating Homophobic Name-Calling
Financial Support for Victims of Crime: A Quick Guide for Corrections and Community Supervision Officers
Evaluation of a Victim-Centered, Trauma-Informed Victim Notification Protocol for Untested Sexual Assault Kits (SAKs)
Why Police "Couldn't or Wouldn't" Submit Sexual Assault Kits for Forensic DNA Testing: A Focal Concerns Theory Analysis of Untested Rape Kits
Accountability, Collaboration, and Social Change: Ethical Tensions in an Action Research Project to Address Untested Sexual Assault Kits (SAKs)
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12/07/2017
42 Percent of violent victimizations reported to police in 2016
12/05/2017
Bureau of Justice Statistics releases Jails in Indian Country, 2016
11/30/2017
11/24/2017
National Institute of Justice examines use of 3D imaging in crime-solving
11/21/2017