Homicide
Trauma Notification Training
Learn how to provide trauma notifications with professionalism, dignity, and compassion through this FBI on-demand training course. The course covers cultural competencies, challenges, and best practices for trauma notification.
Trauma Notification Training
Location
Online
Event Type
Web
Missing or Murdered Indigenous People: Bringing Loved Ones Home
Date Published
May 2022
Publication Type
Issue Overview
Agencies
OVC-Sponsored
Missing or Murdered Indigenous People: Understanding the Issue
Date Published
May 2022
Publication Type
Issue Overview
Agencies
OVC-Sponsored
A Conversation with Roberta Roper: The Evolution of Victims' Rights
September 2022
Series
To commemorate the annual observance of the National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims on September 25, Office for Victims of Crime Director Kristina Rose speaks to Roberta Roper about the murder of her beloved daughter, Stephanie. Hear Roberta’s inspiring story and how the crime victims’ field has changed in the past four decades and learn about the ongoing work that needs to be done to help all victims of crime find their justice.
A Conversation with Roberta Roper
Listen to the latest Justice Today podcast episode, where OVC Director Rose and Roberta Roper discuss the evolution of victims’ rights from the lens of Roberta’s personal journey through the justice system following her daughter’s murder.
Missing or Murdered Indigenous People: Bringing Loved Ones Home
May 2022
Grassroots efforts working to increase national awareness and understanding of the Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons crisis are highlighted in this video. Also referred to as Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW), Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG), Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives (MMIR), or other names specific to a Tribal community (such as Missing and Murdered Diné Relatives, MMDR, in the Navajo Nation); each acronym represents the generations of American Indians and Alaska Natives that have mourned missing or murdered loved ones. Working together can help bring healing and justice.
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Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP)
These resources can equip victim service providers and allied professionals with tools to help assist relatives of missing or murdered Indigenous persons.
Bureau of Indian Affairs: Missing and Murdered Indigenous People
This program investigates missing and murdered cases in pursuit of justice for those impacted by violence.
U.S. Department of Justice: Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons
This site highlights efforts by the Department to address the disproportionately high rates of violence experienced by Native Americans, and relatedly, the high rates of Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons.
OVC Directory of Crime Victim Services
The Directory is designed to help crime victims and service providers find nonemergency crime victim service agencies in the United States and abroad.
Privacy & Dignity: A Guide to Interacting With the Media
Date Published
2020
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Instructional Material (Programmed)
Agencies
OVC-Sponsored
Evaluation of Training and Technical Assistance During the "Complex Homicide" Project
Date Published
August 2020
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Evaluation,
Program/Project Description
Agencies
OVC-Sponsored
Promising Practices: Multidisciplinary Responses to Complex Homicide Cases
Date Published
2020
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Instructional Material,
Grants and Funding
Agencies
OVC-Sponsored
Coping With the Holidays After the Death of a Loved One or When You Are a Victim/Crime Survivor
Date Published
November 2005
Publication Type
Instructional Material
Agencies
OVC
OVC Help Series for Crime Victims: Homicide
Date Published
June 2012
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Instructional Material (Programmed)
Agencies
OVC
OVC Help Series for Crime Victims
Date Published
June 2012
Publication Type
Instructional Material (Programmed)
Agencies
OVC
Homicide Victims/Co-Survivors
A homicide survivor or co-survivor is anyone who has been impacted by the death of a loved one by homicide. This includes a spouse, partner, children, siblings, and friends.
It is normal for adults and children to experience such intense feelings in the days and weeks following a homicide, and then periodically over time. Survivors are at risk of developing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and...
September 25: National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims
In 2007, the U.S. Congress designated September 25 of each year as the National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims. The resolution states that this day provides “an opportunity for the people of the United States to honor the memories of murder victims and to recognize the impact on surviving family members.”
Visit the Parents Of Murdered Children website to find commemorative events hosted by...
Elder Abuse Fatality Review Teams: A Replication Manual
Date Published
June 2019
Publication Type
Program Description (Model)
Agencies
OVC-Sponsored
Research Brief: Homicide Co-Victimization
Date Published
July 2018
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description,
Issue Overview
Agencies
OVC-Sponsored
Delivering the News With Compassion: The GRIEV_ING Death Notification Protocol
Date Published
2005
Publication Type
Technical Assistance,
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Instructional Material (Programmed)
Agencies
OVC-Sponsored
Vision 21: Multidisciplinary Responses in Complex Homicide Cases
Date Published
August 2017
Series
Publication Type
Technical Assistance,
Program/Project Description,
Instructional Material
Agencies
OVC