Promising Practice in Serving Crime Victims w/ Disabilities

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 and victim service providers to people with disabilities. The bulletin provides a snapshot of promising practices, as well as statistics, surveys & anecdotal evidence on crime and disability. The companion toolkit identifies the issues encountered by people with disabilities who have been victimized or abused. The OVC also offers a directory of services for crime victims. To access the bulletin go to http://www.ojp.gov/ovc/publications/factshts/pdftxt/disable.txt