Professionals working with victims of crime may find the following training-related links of interest:

Children Exposed to Violence: Criminal Justice Resources (Bulletin) - June 1999
A companion piece to the OVC monograph Breaking the Cycle of Violence: Recommendations to Improve the Criminal Justice System Response to Child Victims and Witnesses, this bulletin (NCJ 176984) provides information about the resources, tools, and services available to improve our individual and collective response to children who face crime and violence in their lives.
HTML, Text or PDF (106 kb) versions

Breaking the Cycle of Violence: Recommendations to Improve the Criminal Justice Response to Child Victims and Witnesses (June 1999)
This OVC monograph (NCJ 178249) describes the best practices and programs that focus on the most effective response to child victims and child witnesses by all those who work in our criminal justice system.
ASCII (79 kb) or PDF (1.35 mb)

I'm Going to Federal Court with Mark & Julie (1997)
This OVC activity book (PDF only) includes pages to color, games, puzzles, and information to teach child witnesses about the court experience they face. The book is a companion piece to the video Inside Federal Court (September 1995; NCJ 157156), which also instructs children and their families about the court process to build confidence and reduce anxiety about testifying.
PDF (10.35 mb)