New Directions from the Field: Victims' Right and Services for the 21st Century

New Directions Resources

Available from the U.S. Department of Justice
Office for Victims of Crime

In addition to the New Directions Report, a variety of informative New Directions-related resources have been developed to assist professionals and volunteers working on the State and national levels to implement the recommendations and promising practices identified in New Directions.

The report and its companion resources are described below and are available from the Office for Victims of Crime Resource Center (OVCRC), a component of the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS).

New Directions from the Field: Victims' Rights and Services for the 21st Century

A comprehensive report about victims' rights and services that chronicles the extraordinary accomplishments in this field and outlines what we, as a society and global community, should strive to achieve for crime victims in the 21st century. (NCJ 170600), 441 pp. Mailing fee: $6 per report for First Class Postage; $4 per report for Book Rate Postage.

New Directions: Strategies for Implementation—Tools for Action Guide

The Strategies for Implementation—Tools for Action Guide, in conjunction with the New Directions Report and its companion videotape, is intended to explain the goals and concepts behind New Directions and to provide tools for implementing its recommendations. (NCJ 179558), 100 pp. Up to five Implementation Guides are available free of charge. For orders of six or more, please call OVCRC to obtain mailing fees.

New Directions Videotape

Remarks by Kathryn M. Turman, Director, Office for Victims of Crime, are included on this videotape produced specifically to highlight the global challenges for comprehensive victim services in the 21st century presented in the New Directions Report. (NCJ 178283), 18 minutes. Up to five videotapes are available free of charge. For orders of six or more, please call OVCRC to obtain mailing fees.

New Directions from the Field: Victims' Rights and Services for the 21st Century Bulletins

Individual chapters of New Directions have been reprinted to target specific professional communities and issues. Up to five bulletins are available free of charge. For orders of six or more, please call OVCRC to obtain mailing fees.

To obtain copies of the resources listed above, contact OVCRC at (800) 627-6872 or write to NCJRS, User Services, P.O. Box 6000, Rockville, MD, 20849-6000. Please note that while New Directions and its companion resources are available free of charge, a mailing fee for some resources may be imposed.

New Directions Resources (with the exception of the video) are also available online by accessing OVC's World Wide Web site: www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc.