Jan 23, 2025 | “tertiary” services | 2022 Directive | At-Risk Youth | Cannabis Regulatory | combat gun violence | community-based organizations | Community-Based Violence Intervention (CBVI) Program | cycles of violence | Division of Violence Intervention and Victim Assistance | Enforcement Assistance | federal American Rescue Plan funds | financial funding | Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Programs | interventions | Marketplace Modernization Fund | shooting incidents | street intervention initiatives | Trauma Recovery Centers | violence prevention | VIVA | Crime Victims | Division of Violence Intervention and Victim Assistance | Press Release
Governor Phil Murphy and Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced that up to $14.5 million in grant funding will be distributed to twenty-seven (27) organizations to support New Jersey’s Community-Based Violence Intervention (CBVI) Program.
Dec 3, 2024 | defendants indicted | facilitating human trafficking | human trafficking | human trafficking rings | human trafficking rings dismantled | seven defendants | Crime Victims | Division of Criminal Justice | Division of Violence Intervention and Victim Assistance | Human Trafficking | New Jersey State Police | Press Release | Victims of Crime Compensation Office
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin, the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ), and the New Jersey State Police (NJSP) today announced that seven defendants were indicted in connection with two separate human trafficking enterprises in North and South Jersey. One human trafficking ring was based in Essex County, where a suspected female trafficker allegedly used beatings with an electrical cord and other acts of physical violence to control the teenage victims, subjecting them to sexual assaults by strangers and profiting from the abuse.
Nov 8, 2024 | Community Education Initiative on Restorative Justice | Division of Violence Intervention and Victim Assistance | healing and accountability | New Jersey Office of the Public Defender | New Jersey Office of the Public Defender (NJOPD) | Office of Trial and Criminal Justice Process (OTCJP) | resolution process | survivors of violence | Crime Victims | Division of Violence Intervention and Victim Assistance | Press Release | Violence Intervention | VIVA
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Violence Intervention and Victim Assistance (VIVA) announced that VIVA’s Office of Trial and Criminal Justice Process (OTCJP) has partnered with the New Jersey Office of the Public Defender (NJOPD) to launch a community education initiative aimed at increasing the public’s understanding of restorative justice principles.
Apr 24, 2024 | Crime Victims | Division of Violence Intervention and Victim Assistance | Press Release | Sexual Assault Victims | VIVA
AG Platkin Announces Recipients of OAG Excellence Awards for Victims’ Justice.
