Concluded Project - end date October 2002

Assessing the Needs of Oregon's Crime Victims

Portland State University's Regional Research Institute in collaboration with the Child Welfare Partnership is conducting a comprehensive needs assessment of the current state of victim services and victims' needs in Oregon. A special emphasis is being placed on understanding the obstacles experienced by underserved populations as they attempt to obtain victim services.

Oregon Department of Justice Crime Victims Assistance


Leadership Team

Debra Elliott, Ph.D., Co-Principal Investigator, 503-725-5198, email
Alice Galloway, MPA, Co-Principal Investigator, 503-692-6112, email
Karen Cellarius, MPA, Project Manager
Nancy Koroloff, Ph.D., Director of Regional Research Institute
Diane Yatchmenoff, Ph.D., Director of Research, Child Welfare Partnership
Mary Ellen Johnson, Consultant
Mary Louise McClintock, MPA, Consultant

Components

• In-depth telephone interviews with service providers.
• Mailed surveys to agencies and community partners who serve crime victims.
• Telephone interviews with key informants who have specialized knowledge of underserved populations.
• Mailed surveys to victims of crime.
• Focus groups with crime victims from underserved populations.
  Public meetings for broad community input.
• Review of other assessment efforts in Oregon and elsewhere.
• Victims of Crime Advisory Committee to further guide the needs assessment, especially in the areas of instrument design and data interpretation.
• Web-based summary for wide dissemination and a web-compatible directory of Oregon crime victim services.
• PowerPoint presentation of Crime Victims' Assistance programs in Oregon.
• Data mapping to graphically represent the distribution, density and linkages of the crime victims' service system.