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July 2021
Advances in State-level Crime and Victimization Surveys: Lessons from the Oregon Crime Victimization Survey
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Webinar
This methodology-focused webinar, hosted by JRSA, is designed for those implementing crime and victimization surveys. State and local crime victimization surveys can yield powerful data for estimating the prevalence and incidence of victimization. State-level surveys conducted in recent years, however, have varied considerably in both methodological approach and rigor due in part to the increasing difficulty of surveying households in an era of declining response rates. As a result, a significant challenge remains for researchers seeking to identify the most…
August 2021
Oregon State Victim Assistance Academy
Multi-sesson Online
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Teleconference
Webinar
The Oregon State Basic Victim Assistance Academy (Basic Academy) provides fundamental education for victim service providers and allied professionals who routinely interact with victims of crime. The August 2021 Basic Academy will be 100% virtual. This interactive, online format increases accessibility to critical advocacy training. There will be synchronous and asynchronous elements of the Basic Academy. This means participants will get to do some work at their own pace and then come together with peers for live sessions to learn…
Working With Foreign Nationals
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Webinar
The National Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Center (NHTTAC) is excited to deliver a virtual pilot of our new SOAR training on how to prevent and respond to trafficking of foreign nationals. This 1.5-hour pilot examines the factors that may make foreign nationals more at risk of human trafficking, including industries that have higher rates of trafficking of foreign nationals. This module also highlights best practices for identifying and responding to trafficking in a trauma-informed and culturally and linguistically…
Innovations at the Intersection: Centering Survivors with Disabilities in the Movement
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Webinar
Survivors with disabilities are experts in their own lived experiences, so they should guide our work to ensure services are accessible and responsive to their needs. To meaningfully work with survivors with disabilities, you need to make sure everything you do is accessible and inclusive. In this panel discussion, self-advocates from Washington, D.C. and Kansas who are working to address domestic and sexual violence against people with disabilities will share how their work empowers them as advocates and how they…
Serving Immigrant Survivors of Sexual Assault
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Webinar
Join Victim Rights Law Center’s National TA Director Jessica Mindlin and National Immigrant Women's Advocacy Project Director Leslye Orloff, as we explore best practices and emerging issues when representing immigrant survivors of sexual violence. Specific topics to be addressed include a discussion of survivor safety and privacy, VAWA’s confidentiality protections and immigration cases (including what information is and is not discoverable), U-visa certifications, and emerging issues for lawyers representing survivors in immigration cases. Register by August 19th.
Confronting School Violence and Victimization
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Webinar
Jillian J. Turanovic, Ph.D and Krista R. Flannigan, J.D., will discuss the results of a large NIJ-funded meta-analysis on various forms of aggression and crime within K-12 schools. They will cover thirty different individual, school, and community risk and protective factors. Special focus will also be given to the victimization of LGBTQ youth at school. Presenters will also discuss policy implications and promising actions that researchers, practitioners, and advocates can take to advance science and best respond to violence and…
Confronting School Violence and Victimization
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Webinar
Learn about the results of a large NIJ-funded meta-analysis on the sources of school violence and victimization (Individual, Institutional, and Community Sources of School Violence: A Meta-Analysis). This review included various forms of aggression and crime within K-12 schools; and over thirty different individual, school, and community risk and protective factors. Special focus will also be given to the victimization of LGBTQ youth at school. Presenters will discuss the findings and policy implications, along with promising actions that researchers, practitioners,…
September 2021
Restorative Justice & Sexual Assault: An Introduction to What Civil Legal Service Providers Need to Know
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Webinar
The Victim Rights Law Center is delighted to present this 90-minute panel discussion webinar for OVW-funded attorneys who are interested in learning more about restorative justice as a possible venue for sexual assault survivors seeking justice in the legal system. This discussion-based program features guest speakers experienced with restorative justice approaches in higher education, the criminal justice system, and within community-based advocacy programs. The conversation with the panelists will include segments addressing the origins, basic tenets, and models of restorative…
2021 Human Trafficking Speaker Series: Buyers, tattoos, and human trafficking investigations: establishing and maintaining collaborative partnerships
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Webinar
Human trafficking involves complex problems that are best understood in an interdisciplinary context. This workshop will discuss successful collaborative partnerships and provide examples of collaborative partnerships grounded in practitioner-focused research. The compilation of data that can be accessed by multiple agencies through databases and investigations can prove a practitioner’s anecdotal belief without solely relying on their training and experience. Through interdisciplinary collaboration, practitioners and researchers can discuss and join forces on the best approaches to answer questions neither can answer…
Words Matter: Exploring Identity and Language for Survivors with Disabilities
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Webinar
In the disability community, where there is a history of erasure, exploitation, and misunderstanding, language choices we make when talking about people with disabilities (also referred to as disabled people) are ever-changing and important. How people understand themselves adapts and shifts as our communities, movements, and cultures change, as does our language about identity. Recognizing and honoring people's choices about their identity is critical to supporting survivors with disabilities. Service providers need to understand, respect, and uplift community members' decisions…