Home | News & FeaturesDuring the April 20th National Crime Victims’ Service Awards Ceremony, OVC and Attorney General Eric Holder paid tribute to crime victims and survivors and honored individuals and organizations that have demonstrated outstanding service to crime victims. The Attorney General and Acting Assistant Attorney General Mary Lou Leary addressed attendees at the award ceremony and were on hand to help present the awards. Details about this event and the awardees can be found in these online resources:
This year marks the 29th annual observance of National Missing Children’s Day. In remembrance of the victims and in recognition of the ongoing efforts to keep our children safe, OVC offers links to available resources on Missing & Exploited Children for victim service providers, allied professionals, and families.
To commemorate this event, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention will host its will hold its annual National Missing Children’s Day Ceremony in Washington, DC on May 23rd. Guests will include families of missing children, child advocates, and federal, state, local, and tribal agency representatives who have supported programs to locate and recover missing children.
For additional resources, visit the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children site and the National Criminal Justice Reference Service’s Missing Kids Special Feature.
The Crime Victims Fund is a major funding source for victim services throughout the Nation. Revenue for the Fund has always come from offenders convicted of federal crimes or gifts, donations, and bequests by private parties, not from taxpayers. This 2012 fact sheet edition of the Crime Victims Fund provides information about the Fund, established by the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA), and the various grant programs (formula and discretionary) funded using VOCA dollars.
State crime victim compensation program formula grants supplement state funds for reimbursing victims of violent crimes for out-of-pocket expenses that result from the crime. All states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands receive VOCA compensation grants.
Learn more about how the Crime Victims Fund supports victim service programs throughout the country, its primary revenue sources, and the deposits made in fiscal year 2010. The fact sheet includes figures with information on Crime Victims Fund deposits from 1985 to 2010 and a description of the Fund’s allocation process. Also available in Spanish.
The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) is the Nation’s primary source of information on criminal victimization. Each year, data are obtained from a nationally representative sample of households on the frequency, characteristics, and consequences of criminal victimization in the United States. BJS has recently released the following NCVS resources:
The BJS NCVS Victimization Analysis Tool allows users to examine NCVS data on both violent and property victimization by select victim, household, and incident characteristics from 1993 to the most recent year that NCVS data are available. Visit the Crime Victimization section our site to find additional resources and data on victimization.
The BJS Report, Methods for Counting High-Frequency Repeat Victimizations in the National Crime Victimization Survey examines the nature and extent of series victimization (also known as polyvictimization). Learn more about how OVC is working to strengthen the capacity of the victim services field to serve and support victims who experience polyvictimization. Examples include the release of the following funding opportunities:
April 2012: National Crime Victims’ Rights Week
March 2012: National Youth Violence Prevention Week
February 2012: Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month
January 2012: National Stalking Awareness, Human Trafficking Awareness
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