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Newsletters for community partners
Quarterly newsletters published electronically for community partners from 2007-present
(available at http://www.du.edu/tssgroup/news).
ONGOING RESEARCH SUPPORT
The impact of a forensic collaborative for older adults on criminal justice and victim outcomes:
A randomized-control, longitudinal design
National Institute of Justice
3/1/2014-6/30/2017
$622,283 (Direct only: $438,689).
An estimated 11% of older adults have experienced maltreatment, while financial
exploitation costs older adults $2.9 billion annually. Given the complexity of service
needs and legal issues in older adult cases, researchers and practitioners have
increasingly called for the development of multidisciplinary, forensic collaboratives to
respond to victims. To date, no tests of the impact of forensic collaboratives on victimand
criminal justice-focused outcomes exist. The primary goal of this proposal is to
conduct a rigorous, randomized-control evaluation of the impact of the Denver Forensic
Collaborative (DFC), a victim-focused, forensic multidisciplinary team, relative to usual
care (UC) on criminal justice as well as victim physical and mental health outcomes.
Expanding Use of the Social Reactions Questionnaire among Diverse Women
National Institute of Justice (2012-W9-BX-0049)
1/1/2013-12/31/2015
$499,812 (Direct only: $357,447)
This project addresses the need to understand social reactions of different actors
following sexual assault, including reactions from social support system members (e.g.,
family/partners versus friends); criminal justice-based personnel (e.g., law enforcement,
system-based advocates, prosecution); and community-based victim service providers
(e.g., rape crisis personnel, medical personnel, counselors, community-based advocates).
We will examine women’s reports of social reactions to sexual assault longitudinally,
testing hypotheses about the inter-relationships among social reactions, victim wellbeing,
and criminal justice variables (e.g., victim engagement). Role: PI.
Wrap Around Legal Services for Victims of Crime
Office of Victims of Crime (2012-VF-GX-K018)
11/1/2012-3/31/2014
Subcontract: $148,539
This project examines legal needs of crime victims in Denver to inform the development
of wrap-around legal services that take into account the complex issues (including
psychological symptoms) facing crime victims. Grant awarded to Rocky Mountain
Victim Law Center for program implementation with subcontract to DePrince for
research component. DePrince responsible for submission of Technical Proposal to
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