Victims' Advocates

    Champlain College Incorporated

    Founded in 1878, Champlain College® is a small, not-for-profit, private college overlooking Lake Champlain and Burlington, Vermont, with additional campuses in Montreal, Canada, and Dublin, Ireland. Our career-driven approach to higher education prepares students for their professional life from their very first semester.

    Mission 
    Champlain College educates adaptable thinkers, daring change-makers, and inclusive innovators who shape professions and inspire communities. 

    Active BJA Funded Project(s):

    • Champlain College - Digital Forensics Educational Opportunites

    Using Multidisciplinary Victim-Centered Techniques to Investigate Labor Trafficking Cases

    The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) and the Institute for Intergovernmental Research (IIR) invite you to their webinar “Using Multidisciplinary Victim-Centered Techniques to Investigate Labor Trafficking Cases” on October 24, 2019 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET.

    Expert Q&A: Domestic Violence High Risk Teams

    The Domestic Violence High Risk Team (DVHRT) Model was born from one community’s tragedy and has gone on to national recognition and replication as a leading strategy for intimate partner homicide prevention. This presentation will provide a comprehensive understanding of the DVHRT Model, with an overview of the research at its foundation, and include a discussion on the function and structure of key partners in this multidisciplinary approach. Participants will learn how team members work together to identify high-risk cases and mobilize risk management strategies.

    MOU and MOA Drafting - Strategies for Creating Effective Partnerships

    This Community of Practice webinar is one of a series of monthly webinars meant to encourage open dialog among participants. All phone lines/microphones are open to allow participants to ask questions and discuss the topic with each other, with facilitators guiding the conversation. This is funded by award 2016-IC-BX-K002 for the Tribal Justice Systems Planning Project.

    American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences

    AIR is one of the world's largest behavioral and social science research and evaluation organizations. Our overriding goal is to use the best science available to bring the most effective ideas and approaches to enhancing everyday life. AIR's mission is to conduct and apply the best behavioral and social science research and evaluation towards improving people's lives, with a special emphasis on the disadvantaged.

    Within the United States and internationally, AIR will be the preeminent organization that

    Active BJA Funded Project(s):

    • National Reentry Resource Center Training and Technical Assistance
    • Category 1: National Reentry Resource Center

    The Regents of the University of Michigan

    The University of Michigan is a top public research university located in Michigan. The mission of the University of Michigan is to serve the people of Michigan and the world through preeminence in creating, communicating, preserving and applying knowledge, art, and academic values, and in developing leaders and citizens who will challenge the present and enrich the future. The University of Michigan values scholarship, diversity, equity and inclusion, and public engagement.

    Active BJA Funded Project(s):

    • The National Center for School Safety: Expanding a comprehensive TTA approach to build capacity and sustainability for school violence prevention nationwide
    • National Center for School Safety

    Capital Litigation Improvement Project Series: Meeting with Victim Families

    Join the Bureau of Justice Assistance and the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys for the webinar “Meeting with Victim Families.” This webinar will focus on how to be the best advocate possible for victims of capital crimes and their families, with emphasis on building effective, empathetic relationships with these families and guiding them through the judicial process. This presentation will include resources for prosecutors dealing with such capital litigation cases.

    The National Center for Victims of Crime, National Training Institute, and National Crime Victim Bar Association National Conference

    This national conference hosted by the National Center for Victims of Crime, National Training Institute, and National Crime Victim Bar Association will take place on December 4 – 6, 2019 in Denver, Colorado.

    Police, Treatment, and Community Collaborative Second Annual National Conference on Deflection and Pre-Arrest Diversion

    This training and technical assistance conference is the second annual conference devoted to the development and support of pre-arrest deflection (PAD) efforts across the United States, as well as the promotion of strategies to build the treatment and fund capacity to sustain them.

    How Justice Agencies Can Implement and Benefit from Sentinel Event Reviews

    The National Institute of Justice’s (NIJ) Sentinel Events Initiative takes a learning approach to error in the criminal justice system. This approach advocates for non-blaming, forward-looking, all-stakeholder event reviews of negative criminal justice outcomes, which might include a death in custody, routine police encounter that escalates to violence, wrongful conviction, or “near miss” in which a negative event is narrowly avoided.

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