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Resources for Victim Service Providers - Notification

  • document cover of Evaluation of the Statewide Automated Victim Information and Notification Program

    Evaluation of the Statewide Automated Victim Information and Notification Program

    Results from an evaluation of Statewide Automated Victim Information and Notification (SAVIN) programs are presented. “Automated victim notification (AVN) is often touted as an effective and efficient means for providing victims timely and accurate information of their offenders’ court events and status changes at reduced burden to the criminal justice system. AVN systems, first introduced in 1994, operate by receiving electronic data (e.g., case number, offender demographics) from participating branches of the criminal justice system, coding the data to determine...

  • Sexual Assault Kits (2017)

    National Institute of Justice.

    This webpage on sexual assault kits contains a section on victim notification and how to be Victim-Centered and Trauma-Informed. The section also describes action research projects in Detroit and Houston to develop victim notification protocols that are victim-centered and trauma-informed.

  • Victim Services: Victim Notification

    Policies and procedures for victim notification. Kansas Department of Corrections 2011.

  • Maine Victims' Notification Statute (2016)

    Maine Office of the Revisor of Statutes.

    This statute (1172) covers notification of victims under Maine's Criminal Code on Victims' Rights.