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Chart a Course: Policies That Affect Victim Services for Teens

When teens are victimized, service providers and first responders must find a way to balance respecting teens’ rights as victims and recognizing that teens are minors and don’t have the same rights as adults. This four-part booklet offers suggestions and best practices and can guide your agency’s policies for working with teen victims. The booklet covers mandatory reporting when providing victim services to teens, communicating with teen victims, developing boundaries when working with teen victims, and conducting outreach to youth and building partnerships with schools.

To order a copy, call 800-NCPC-911 and ask for Item number M105. Copies are free, plus shipping.

Police Enforcement Strategies to Prevent Crime in Hot Spot Areas, Crime Prevention Research Review

Police Enforcement Strategies to Prevent Crime in Hot Spot Areas, Crime Prevention Research Review is the second publication in the Crime Prevention Research Review series sponsored by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services. Studies found that focusing efforts on areas known for high crime rates and calls for service can effectively be used to prevent crime in these areas. For more information about this publication, call the COPS Office Response Center at 800-421-6770 or download it in PDF format from www.cops.usdoj.gov/RIC/ResourceDetail.aspx?RID=456

Register for OVC’s Training Workshops for Victim Service Providers

Through a series of activities and case studies, this workshop explores how services can be more effective when they are delivered within a relevant and meaningful cultural, gender-specific, and age-appropriate context. Provider competencies (e.g., knowledge, skills, attitudes, interpersonal decision making) that are critical to effectively serving victims of crime from diverse populations will also be reviewed.

The workshop will be held in Lincoln, NE, from September 16–18, 2008.

For more information or to register, visit the website, http://www.sei2003.com/ovcttac2008/ProvidingCulturally.htm.

Overcoming Youth Abduction Trauma: You’re Not Alone: The Journey From Abduction to Empowerment

Written by survivors of child abduction, this 70-page publication presents several stories of child abduction survivors and how they have grown and developed from their traumatic experiences. The guide also has space for youth to write their own experiences.

The publication is available in PDF form at this website www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/221965.pdf.