VERA Institute for Justice: Forging New Collaborations: A Guide for Rape Crisis, Domestic Violence, and Disability Organizations

I was on the VERA website today and came across this project that I thought might be useful to policy-makers and concerned citizens/families.

From the website:
Between 2006 and 2010, the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women funded the development of collaborations between victim services and disability organizations in more than 40 communities to ensure people with disabilities who have experienced domestic or sexual violence have the community-based supports and criminal justice responses they need to heal. This report, based upon Vera's work with these burgeoning collaborations, recommends steps for building effective collaboration and practical strategies for overcoming common obstacles.

Podcasts on Crime Control and Prevention

The VERA Institute has been focusing heavily on the current state of mass incarceration in the US and its relationship with continued criminal and violent behavior.  They've put together a pretty impressive speaker series with some of the leading researchers in criminology and sociology.  Some of these sessions are available in podcast.  I posted some of them below.

Devah Pager: "A Turning Point for Mass Incarceration?"

 

Faye Taxman: "How Corrections Systems Can Deter Future Crime"

Daniel Nagin: "Imprisonment and Crime: Can both be Reduced?"