CRIME VICTIMS IN IDAHO 1 Crime Victims in Idaho: An Assessment of Needs and Services Lisa Growette Bostaph, Ph.D. Laura L. King, Ph.D. Lane Kirkland Gillespie, Ph.D. Amanda Goodson, M.A. Boise State University School of Public Service Department of Criminal Justice B 1OI ISE STAT 'E UNIVER :SITY CRIME VICTIMS IN IDAHO 2 Acknowledgements We would like to acknowledge all of the victim service, criminal justice, and allied agencies around the state that took the time to complete the survey and/or meet with us during site visits. Your time is important and we thank you for assisting us in this endeavor. Similarly, we would like to thank specific individuals and agencies for their assistance in our data collection efforts: Misty Kifer and her staff at the Statistical Analysis Center provided us with the IIBRS data and explained the coding process. Luann Dettman and her staff at the Idaho Council on Domestic Violence & Victim Assistance shared their reporting data from funded agencies. The Department of Criminal Justice at Boise State University provided additional funding for the site visits as they were not part of the contractual agreement for the assessment, but turned out to be enormously illustrative. Juan Lopez, Department of Criminal Justice at Boise State University, was invaluable during the planning, instrument development, and data collection phases of this study. Kourtnie Rodgers, Department of Criminal Justice at Boise State University, delivered much appreciated, last minute, assistance on the tables in this report. On a separate note, we want to thank the Idaho Council on Domestic Violence & Victim Assistance for allowing us the opportunity to conduct this two year study. Finally, we are grateful to all of the victims of crime across the state who shared their victim services experiences with us through the crime victim survey. CRIME VICTIMS IN IDAHO 3 Table of Contents Acknowledgements ......................................................................................................................... 1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 5 Structure of the Report ................................................................................................................ 6 Chapter 1: Review of Relevant Research ....................................................................................... 7 Evolution of Crime Victims’ Rights and Services in the United States...................................... 7 Evolution of Crime Victims’ Rights and Services in Idaho ........................................................ 8 Crime Victims’ Services ............................................................................................................. 9 Help-Seeking Behavior of Crime Victims ................................................................................ 11 Assessments of Crime Victims’ Needs ..................................................................................... 13 Chapter 2: Secondary Data Analysis ............................................................................................ 16 Results ....................................................................................................................................... 18 Chapter 3: Agency Survey ............................................................................................................ 21 Results ....................................................................................................................................... 22 Function and location. ........................................................................................................... 22 Populations served ................................................................................................................. 23 Direct services provided ........................................................................................................ 25 Needed services and barriers ................................................................................................. 26 High need agencies. ............................................................................................................... 29 Other agency activities .......................................................................................................... 30 Respondent characteristics.. .................................................................................................. 31 Summary of Agency Survey Results ........................................................................................ 32 Chapter 4: Agency Site Visits ....................................................................................................... 35 Results ....................................................................................................................................... 36 Monies and funding.. ............................................................................................................. 36 Staffing .................................................................................................................................. 37 Training ................................................................................................................................. 38 Community service role......................................................................................................... 39 Batterer treatment .................................................................................................................. 39 Victim barriers. ...................................................................................................................... 40 Specifically Identified Needs & Barriers .................................................................................. 40 Metropolitan site .................................................................................................................... 40 University site ........................................................................................................................ 41 Rural site. ............................................................................................................................... 42 Reservation site...................................................................................................................... 43 Summary ................................................................................................................................... 44 Chapter 5 ....................................................................................................................................... 46 Crime Victims Survey ............................................................................................................... 46 Results ....................................................................................................................................... 47 Crime characteristics ............................................................................................................. 47 Services received ................................................................................................................... 49 Access to services. ................................................................................................................. 52 CRIME VICTIMS IN IDAHO 4 Victim evaluation of services.. .............................................................................................. 54 Domestic/intimate partner violence victims .......................................................................... 56 Respondent characteristics .................................................................................................... 58 Summary of Victim Survey Results .......................................................................................... 60 Chapter 6 ....................................................................................................................................... 64 Data Limitations ........................................................................................................................ 64 Results ....................................................................................................................................... 65 Group characteristics ............................................................................................................. 65 Victim sex .............................................................................................................................. 66 Victim race/ethnicity ............................................................................................................. 66 Victim age.............................................................................................................................. 67 Victim income ....................................................................................................................... 67 Victim education.................................................................................................................... 68 Crime characteristics ............................................................................................................. 68 Service characteristics ........................................................................................................... 69 Summary of ICDVVA Data 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