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Through Our Eyes: Children, Violence, and Trauma DVD

NCJ Number
239938
Date Published
April 2015
Annotation

This informative DVD resource presents a video series and related materials that discuss the impact and consequences of children exposed to crime, abuse, and violence.

Abstract

This Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) DVD resource presents a video series and related materials that discuss how crime, abuse, violence, and trauma affect children. The series includes videos on: 1) how violence and trauma affect children; 2) treatments that work; 3) the Child Advocacy Center Model; 4) community- and faith-based approaches to protect and respond to children; 5) addressing violence in the home; 6) school interventions; 7) juvenile justice innovations; and 8) a call to action for addressing exposure to violence. The videos can be watched via YouTube, or downloaded in three versions: QuickTime, Windows Media, and Closed Caption. Additional online child and youth victimization resources from OVC that detail the effects on children of exposure to violence and trauma are also provided.

Date Published: April 1, 2015