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The moment a mass violence, mass casualty, or domestic terrorism incident occurs is not the time for responding agencies to meet each other or develop an approach. Planning reduces chaos and mitigate...
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People with intellectual disabilities are disproportionately impacted by victimization. An intellectual disability is a disability characterized by significant limitations both in intellectual functio...
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Access to justice can be challenging for vulnerable populations, particularly where there is a cross-border, international dimension to the crime. Cross-border victims—be they children, persons with...
Investigations
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Millions of older people experience some type of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation every year, with devastating consequences to their physical, social, financial, and psychological well-being....
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Extreme events around the world have continued to increase at an alarming rate. Whether these incidents are mass shootings, stabbings, terrorist bombings, vehicle attacks, building collapses, or natur...
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Recognizing and reporting human trafficking have steadily improved since the adoption of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA). However, male victims remain among the most underserved and unde...
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Imagine your loved one is murdered inside your home, and although you are grieving, you are responsible for finding someone to clean the crime scene, planning and paying for a funeral, understanding t...
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September 11, 2001, began as a beautiful, crisp fall day without a cloud in the deep blue sky. Children were on their way to their first day of school, a local election was underway, and individuals w...