Professionals working with victims of crime may find the
following training-related links of interest:
Victim Impact: Listen and Learn Curriculum (February 2009)
This Office for Victims of Crime-funded curriculum (NCJ 224257) is geared toward helping offenders to become aware of the impact that crime has on victims and then to take responsibility and make amends for their actions. The online-only curriculum consists of 13 units, built around 10 core crime topics: property crime, assault, robbery, hate and bias, gang violence, sexual assault, child abuse and neglect, domestic violence, drunk and impaired driving, and homicide, plus chapters on implementing the program, the victim experience and making amends to victims. Victims and survivors speak about their experiences in the accompanying video clips. 
American Medical Women's
Association Online Education
This online course provides basic knowledge of domestic violence required
for a clinician to recognize, treat, and prevent violence from an intimate.
The program is designed for physicians, residents in all specialities,
medical students, and other health care professionals.
Crime Victims for
a Just Society's Online Course: Build an Effective Media Strategy
Although current online courses serve victim advocates
and service providers in Michigan, training by Victims and the Media
Program with funding from OVC, is expected to be extended nationwide.
TrainingForums.org
The U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) and Witness Justice (WJ) have developed TrainingForums.org, a Web-based training and education program created to address important and difficult issues facing professionals that work with survivors of domestic violence. This program is a step towards creating an accessible and cost effective tool to deepen professional understanding on difficult and emerging topics, while building peer support and fostering dialog in the domestic violence community.
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