Other Victims of Crime

CJI staff, along with national victims' advocate Anne Seymore, hosted three Victims' Roundtables, one in Jackson on October 30, one in Nashville on October 31 and one in Knoxville on November 1. During the roundtables, CJI staff presented key data findings from the Data and System Assessment Presentation given earlier in the month and participants discussed gaps in the system. The goal of the roundtables was to receive input from the victims' perspective to help inform the policy development process and achieve buy-in from victims' rights groups.

On December 18, 2019 the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) hosted an online task force welcome and project orientation call for the 7 BJA grantees from the Category 2 FY2019 Enhanced Collaborative Model (ECM) BJA/OVC-funded human trafficking task forces.

Request for speaker support of a human trafficking survivor consultant to co-present during a moderated panel session.

SAKI TTA hosted a webinar on media relations for SAKI sites. Presenters included Melissa Schwartz and Ilse Knecht, Joyful Heart Foundation

People with disabilities and Deaf people are more likely to be victims of domestic violence and sexual assault than people without disabilities. For example, Deaf women are 3.66 times more likely than hearing women report experiences of unwanted sex by an intimate partner and 49% of people with intellectual disability will experience 10 or more sexually abusive incidents in their lifetimes.

Description: Learn about strategies for improving outreach to hard-to-reach populations that are vulnerable to labor trafficking. The session will address strategies for building long-term, collaborative relationships with community based organizations and nontraditional investigative partners.

Request for a speaker to talk about drug-facilitated human trafficking at a forensic toxicology conference.

Fear that bad things could happen to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) can create a barrier that stops families from planning for full and independent lives in the community. Building skills that promote safety can help families overcome this barrier and move forward to create a robust future plan.

NCCJD was requested to speak on the Silence Equals Violence Coalition webinar that had 32 people in attendance. NCCJD Director gave an introductory to NCCJD and it's Pathways to Justice training.

NCCJD was requested to present a 90 minute session on serving crime victims with I/DD. Information was provided about challenges, identifying people with I/DD and how victim agencies can work with disability agencies to provide better services to crime victims with disabilities. An overview of Pathways to Justice training was also provided.