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

Child Development - Community Policing Program (Yale University School of Medicine)
This program aims to coordinate the efforts of community police officers and mental health clinicians, as well as probation officers, educators, domestic violence advocates, and court personnel, to reduce the psychological burdens of violence on children and families.

Child Physical and Sexual Abuse: Guidelines for Treatment (Revised Report: April 2004)
Developed by the National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center at the Medical University of South Carolina and the Center for Sexual Assault and Traumatic Stress at the Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, with funding by OVC, these new guidelines recommend specific mental health treatment protocols—based on sound theory and clinical-anecdotal literature—to improve the treatment of child physical and sexual abuse. This document is available electronically from the National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center Web site. PDF (430 kb)

Mental Health and Mass Violence: Evidence-Based Early Psychological Intervention for Victims/Survivors of Mass Violence (October-November 2001)
This report (NIH 02-5138) emphasizes that although more research is needed, existing data and clinical experience can guide the mental health community’s response to mass violence. The report, which targets professionals in the field of psychology, researchers, employers, and local, state, and federal officials, describes what is and is not effective and outlines which questions require further research. The report was developed by the National Institute of Mental Health, the U.S. Departments of Defense, Justice, and Veterans Affairs, and the American Red Cross. PDF (2 mb; 123 pages)  

National Center for Trauma-Informed Care (NCTIC), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
NCTIC is a provider of trauma education and technical assistance to publicly funded agencies, programs, and services. Created in 2005 and formerly known as the Center on Woman Violence and Trauma, the center promotes a “trauma-informed approach” to help public agencies create a more supportive, integrated, and empowering environment for trauma survivors. NCTIC services range from low-cost training to online resources listing hotlines, publications, and studies on trauma-specific interventions.

Providing Relief to Families After a Mass Fatality: Roles of the Medical Examiner's Office and the Family Assistance Center (November 2002)
This bulletin (NCJ 188912) offers medical examiners, coroners, and victim assistance professionals guidance, resources, and lessons learned about working with victims' families after a mass fatality event. Recommendations are drawn from the disaster response practices used by the National Transportation Safety Board and the experiences of the Oklahoma City Medical Examiner's Office during the aftermath of the 1995 terrorist bombing in that city.

Responding to People Who Have Been Victimized by Individuals with Mental Illnesses (PDF 540 kb; September 2008). “Not guilty by reason of insanity” may pose challenges to implementing and enforcing crime victims’ rights. This issue brief reports on these and other barriers, current policies and practices, and the action items that policymakers, advocates, mental health professional and others can take to protect the rights and safety of these crime victims. A companion Guide explores the possible responses to address the adaptations to crime victims’ policies in Mental Health Courts that are contributing factors limiting victims’ rights. See A Guide to the Role of Crime Victims in Mental Health Courts (PDF 635 kb; September 2008).

The Council of State Governments Justice Center wrote these two guides with a grant from the Office for Victims of Crime and is making them available off their Consensus Project on Criminal Justice and Mental Health Web site.

The Victim Assistance Field and the Profession of Social Work (March 2006)
This OVC bulletin (NCJ 210592) enhances the capacity of professional social workers to respond to the needs of adult victims of violent crime. It describes the pilot program's objectives, which included conducting a professional awareness campaign, providing training to social workers on victims' rights and services, developing links between professional social work and victim assistance organizations, and replicating the project with other NASW chapters.