Mission Statement:

“The mission of the Victim Services Committee is to be a catalyst for more effective victim-oriented policing strategies and practices, recognizing that there is a broad spectrum of victims, and that victimization takes many forms. Effective victim-oriented policing shall include the full range of systemic initiatives to actively promote successful, coordinated and culturally competent response to victims.”

In fulfillment of this mission, the Victim Services Committee shall accomplish the following goals:

1. Position, develop, and recognize law enforcement as leaders in effective victim response.
2. Promote systemic response to victims by engaging public and private partnerships.
3. Focus national attention on the seven critical needs of victims: access, support, continuity, voice, information, safety, and justice.
4. Develop policies, training, and legislative initiatives that promote best practices in victim response.
5. Provide oversight, input, and advice to the IACP staff on all projects that relate to victims and victim services.
6. Create and seek funding for new initiatives that address emerging victim issues.

The Victim Service Committee collaborates on a regular basis with IACP staff on current projects involving issues relative to victims of crime.

• Enhancing Police Response to Victims Project http://www.theiacp.org/research/RCDPoliceResponse.htm
• National Law Enforcement Leadership Institute Series http://www.theiacp.org/research/VAWLawEnforceInit.html
• Police Response to Violence Against Women http://www.theiacp.org/research/VAWPoliceResponse.html

Committee Roster:

Victim Services Committee Roster (PDF)

IACP Staff Committee Liaison:

Suzanne E. Jordan
Ph: 703/836-6767, ext. 803
jordans@theiacp.org

Links to IACP Documents Related to Victim Issues:

• Responding to Hate Crimes: A Police Officer's Guide to Investigation and Prevention


• Hate Crime in America Summit Recommendations


• Family Violence Summit Recommendations


• DNA Summit: Victim Round Table Report


• What Do Victims Want? Recommendations from the 1999 IACP Summit on Victims of Crime


• Law Enforcement and Victim Services: Next Steps-A white paper resulting from IACP's 2003 Focus Group


• Orders of Protection (Revised)


• Violent Crime in America: Summit Recommendations


• Firearms/Domestic Violence Survey


• Murder in America Summit Recommendations

Related Links:

• Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)
  http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/


• Office on Violence Against Women (OVW)
  http://www.usdoj.gov/ovw/


• National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
  http://www.missingkids.com/


• Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)
  http://www.madd.org/


• National Sheriffs’ Association (NSA)
  http://www.sheriffs.org


• The National Center for Victims of Crime (NCVC)
  http://www.ncvc.org


• National Organization for Victim Assistance (NOVA)
  http://www.trynova.org


• Congressional Victim’s Rights Caucus
  http://www.house.gov/poe/vrc/


• IACP/Bank of America Identity Theft
  http://www.idsafety.org