Below are the products we commonly publish. All materials, with the exception of some multimedia products, are available online.
Brochures provide descriptions of programs or services in various formats for wide distribution. (Length: 2-6 print pages.)
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Bulletins provide information about training, promising practices, or findings and questions raised by symposia or focus groups. They may be components of informational or educational packages. (Length: 8-16 print pages.)
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Curricula contain materials for teaching victim service professionals how to enhance their capability to serve crime victims. Training packages include the following: participant manuals that describe basic concepts and specific practice-related information; and trainer's manuals that include material in the participant manual along with annotated source material, lesson plans and objectives, and notes on audiovisual aids. (Length: No more than 200 print pages.)
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E-publications are publications disseminated exclusively on the Web. (Length: Determined by the subject matter.)
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Fact sheets describe our major programs and services in a brief format. Many of the subjects they summarize will be covered in more detail in other, longer format publications. (Length: 2-4 print pages.)
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Handbooks emphasize the practical implementation of victim service tasks, offering service providers and allied professionals specific strategies and actions. (Length: 12-32 pages.)
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Monographs provide a full-length presentation of the findings, conclusions, methodology, and other information related to a specific program or project. (Length: 20-200 print pages.)
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Public information kits increase awareness of victims' rights and issues and promote services that assist victims. Components may include fact sheets; ideas to interest local news media; reproducible art for print ads, posters, and fliers; and public service announcements. (Length: Determined by the subject matter.)
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Reports may be produced to summarize agency program accomplishments or to document the proceedings of structured focus groups in which practitioners and experts share their knowledge, learn about related efforts, obtain feedback, and generate recommendations for OVC and the field. These reports define the issues under discussion; summarize literature findings; address methodologies used; discuss gaps, promising practices, and approaches; and recommend action for the field and OVC. (Length: 16-60 print pages.)
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Resource directories offer contact information for agencies and organizations in specific areas of expertise. (Length: Determined by the subject matter.)
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Videos/DVDs/CD-ROMs enhance public awareness of victim-related issues and provide information about training and technical assistance and promising practices to victim service providers and allied professionals who assist victims of crime. (Duration/Running Time: Determined by subject matter.)
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