Dr. Staci Beers, an FBI Victim Services Coordinator, joins guest host Carter Coyle to talk about the FBI's new Trauma Notification Training.

For National Crime Victims’ Rights Week 2024, guest host Carter Coyle, NMVC's Public Information Director, leads a discussion with NMVC’s Associate Academic Program Director Anne Seymour, University of Utah School of Law Professor Paul Cassell, and VOCA expert Steve Derene. They explore the anniversaries and history of key Federal laws: VOCA (1984) and the Crime Victims’ Rights Act (2004), which help fund crime victim services and ensure Federal crime victims’ rights.

MVP returns for a new season as host Dan Smith is joined by the NMVC's Associate Academicc Program Director, Anne Seymour, to talk about news media coverage of mass violence incidents. The news media is an essential partner for law enforcement during an MVI, especially to disseminate immediate messages and warnings to the public quickly. But it’s important for journalists to learn about appropriate, sensitive, and victim-informed coverage of traumatic events, and to educate themselves on vicarious trauma when covering complex and disturbing topics. Resources: The NMVC collection of resources for Journalists includes sections about the impact of media exposure, self care, advice for editors, covering gun violence, and covering mass violence. From: Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma Trauma & Journalism: A Practical Guide This thirty-one-page booklet gives guidance to journalists, editors, managers and other media professionals on working with traumatic material. It offers tips on interviewing, highlights common mistakes made in trauma reporting and suggests what individuals and media teams can do to look after themselves while working in challenging situations. https://dartcenter.org/content/trauma-journalism-handbookOther Dart Center resources for Homicide and Mass Shooting From: Journal of Mass Media Ethics Listeners, not Leeches: What Virginia Tech Survivors Needed from Journalists From: Journalism Practice: Covering Mass Shootings: Journalists’ perceptions of coverage and factors influencing attitudes

Guest host Jeff Hartle talks with Kathryn Turman, a pioneer in enhancing and expanding victim services while working at the Department of Justice's Office of Victims of Crime and as Assistant Director of the FBI's Victim Services Division during her long career of public service. They talk about first awareness of the needs of mass violence crime victims, her experience leading the international effort to support victims' families during the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing trial, and building a professional victim services division at the FBI. They are joined by regular host Dr. Dan Smith to talk about the study conducted by MUSC's National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center evaluating the services provided to the Flight 103 families.

Retired Aurora, Illinois Police Chief, Kristen Ziman joins MVP host Dr. Dan Smith on the Mass Violence Podcast. The two discuss the importance of training for response to a mass violence incident, her memories of an unforgettable February 2019 day in Aurora, and encouraging a culture of reporting to help prevent mass violence incidents.

MVP host Dr. Dan Smith is joined by authors of a recently published study on the prevalence of mental health issues five years after the Flint, Michigan water crisis. Guests include first author Dr. Aaron Reuben, Dr. Angela Moreland-Johnson, and Dr. Dean Kilpatrick.  MUSC Press Release The paper is available on JAMA Network Open: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2796540

MVP host Dr. Dan Smith is joined by Dr. Mario Gaboury, Dean of the Henry  C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences at the University of New Haven. Dr. Gaboury provides a brief history of Victims Rights and the legal system over time and they discuss the differences between criminal and civil legal remedies that may be brought forth after mass violence incidents.

MVP Host Dr. Dan Smith is joined by NMVVRC Director of Training, Dr.  Rochelle Hanson to talk about the Mass Violence Incident Core  Compendium, a free, highly-curated, learning resource available on the  NMVVRC website. https://www.nmvvrc.org/learn/mvi-core-compendium/

The National Mass Violence Victimization Resource Center’s Dr. Dan Smith is joined by a few of the legends in the victims’ rights world. The group brings over 160 years of experience assisting crime victims and survivors, including mass violence victims.  Those interviewed include:  Jeanette Adkins, part of the original National Organization for Victims’ Assistance Crisis Response Team and currently a NOVA trainer;  Janice Harris Lord, former National Director of Victim Services for Mothers Against Drunk Driving and cofounder of Trauma Support Services of North Texas;  Anne Seymour, cofounder of the National Center for Victims of Crime and currently our Associate Academic Program Director, and;  Dr. Dean Kilpatrick of the National Crime Victims Research & Treatment Center and Director of the NMVVRC.

The National Mass Violence Victimization Resource Center’s Dr. Dan Smith is joined by Dr. Puni Kalra, a clinical psychologist who worked with the Oak Creek Sikh community following the shooting at a temple there 10 years ago. Dr. Kalra shares her experience working with the community following the shooting, offers suggestions for working with communities that may be resistant to mental health care and the importance of cultural awareness in mental health care for mass violence survivors.