Want to learn about crime victims’ rights?

The National Center for Victims of Crime’s 2015 National Training Institute features more than 130 leading experts and 72 workshops, offering a multidisciplinary opportunity to skill up on the latest best practices and research in the crime victims’ field. Topics include:

• Strategies for Reaching Underserved Victims of Crime – Anita Ahuja, California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board
• Emerging Issues in Restitution for Crime Victims – Paul Cassell, University of Utah College of Law; Elizabeth Jones, Western State College of Law and Antonio R. Sarabia II, IP Business Law Inc.
• Immigrant Crime Visas: Law Enforcement’s Tool to Strengthen Community Policing – Leslye Orloff and Michael La Riviere, National Immigrant Women’s Advocacy Project
• How to Improve Law Enforcement Response to Crime Victims When Encountering Language Barriers – Cannon Han, Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence
• Collaboration Multiplier – Jamecca Marshall and Benita Tsao, Prevention Institute
• Serving Transgendered Survivors – Christopher B. Argyros and Mariana Marroquin, Anti-Violence Project
• Strategies for Serving Immigrant Crime Survivors – Cecelia Friedman Levin, ASISTA Immigration Assistance and Andrea Carcamo, National Latin@ Network
• Utilizing Marsy’s Law, the Four Court Systems and Creative Recovery Solutions to Assist Victims of Crime in a Court of Law – Nina Salarno Ashford and Harriet Salarno
• The Organization, Operation and Victimization Process of Labor Trafficking  – Colleen Owens, Amy Farrell and Meredith Dank, Urban Institute
• Many More…

Connect with and learn from victim advocates, counselors, program managers, attorneys, social workers, psychologists, researchers, nurses, system-based service providers, and other leaders from across the country.    

About the National Training Institute 

The National Center for Victims of Crime’s National Training Institute is a forum for law enforcement, victim service professionals, allied practitioners, policymakers, and researchers to share current developments and build new collaborations. Our multidisciplinary approach is centered on victims, based on best practices, and informed by the latest research. Sessions highlight practical information to better support services for the wide range of people victimized by all types of crimes.