The National Association of Victim Assistance in Corrections provides an enthusiastic voice for corrections-based victim services. As a national non-profit organization, we…

- Serve as a clearinghouse for information, resources and referrals;
- Assist in developing, providing and monitoring;
- Training and Technical Assistance;
- Provide vision, leadership and guidance in policy and program development to increase
victim satisfaction with corrections; and
- Promote mentoring relationships.

A program assessment, the first component of the larger evidence-based policy making framework developed by the Pew-MacArthur Results First Initiative, is a three-step process to help policymakers address key questions about their programs.

The impact of the Risk-Need-Responsivity (RNR) model on the development of other risk assessment tools and rehabilitation programs is discussed.

Many factors can influence study design, particularly when evaluating an intervention in the field. Although randomized controlled trials are considered the gold standard of evaluations, there are practical and ethical considerations that may exclude their use. This case study looks at those factors and their impact on an evaluation of an intimate partner violence intervention.

This quasi-experimental evaluation examined the effectiveness of the Lethality Assessment Program (LAP), a collaboration between police and social service providers that aimed to decrease rates of repeat, severe, lethal and near-lethal domestic violence while increasing rates of emergency safety planning and help-seeking.

Using 88 studies from 1980 to 2006, a meta-analysis compares risk instruments and other psychological measures on their ability to predict general (primarily nonsexual) violence in adults.

Policy and Operating Procedure from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Parole Division 2007.

The Address Confidentiality Program (ACP) is administered by the Montana Attorney General’s Office and is designed to provide assistance to qualifying victims wishing to protect their address by providing the victim with a substitute address. The goal of the program is to contribute to a victim’s overall safety.

This paper explains the science underlying risk-based decision-making and explores both the promise and controversies associated with the increasing application of “big data” to the field of criminal justice.

This guide provides a checklist of issues, questions, and basic tips for a coalition staff attorney to use as a template when creating a confidentiality guide specific to the laws and policies of his/her state. Because the template is general, some of the topics enumerated may not be relevant to a particular state. Alternately, there may be some topics relevant to a state not included. National Crime Victim Law Institute, 2005.