Crime Victims w/ Disabilities Update

The bulletin, "Crime Victims with Disabilities Update: Promising Practice in Serving Crime Victims with Disabilities" provides findings of a project funded by the Department of Justice's Office of Victims of Crime (OVC) to improve the local response of criminal justice personnel & victim service providers to people with disabilities. The bulletin provides a snapshot of promising practices, as well as statistics, surveys & anecdotal evidence on crime & disability. The companion toolkit identifies the issues encountered by people with disabilities who have been victimized or abused. OVC also offers a directory of services for crime victims. access the bulletin at: www.ojp.gov/ovc/publications/factshts/pdftxt/disable.txt