Video and Multimedia

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Web Resources

History of Victimology

This website offers a timeline of the history of victimology from 1931 through 1990.

UCR Reports

This FBI website has a description of how the crime reports are collected and has a link to statistics for each year.

 

Video Links

History of the Victims' Rights Movement

This film follows the Victims' Rights Movement through history with a special emphasis on the state of Colorado.

Victims of Crime

This film offers an overview of responding to victims’ rights and needs, with an emphasis on communications with victims.

Victim Impact: Listen and Learn

This video features the first-person accounts of 14 men and women who share their experiences as crime victims and the ripple effect that victimization can have on family members and the community at large. It is an effective training resource for victim service providers seeking to improve their understanding of the physical, emotional, financial, and psychological effects of crime.

 

Audio Links

Victim Services

From the D.C. Public Safety radio shows, a 26-minute podcast about the academic approach to victim services.  Experts in the field are interviewed.

Victim's Rights in the Pretrial Process

This 30-minute program interviews Will Marling, Executive Director of the National Association for Victim Assistance and Tim Murray, the Executive Director of the Pretrial Justice Institute. The topic is victim rights within the pretrial process.