Victim Advocate Research Paper

Despite having hundreds of sexual assault cases each year, most colleges take little action to resolve these cases. In fact, only 20% of female sexual assault survivors report cases, the rest believing that it was too personal to share, or that if they did, the police wouldn’t listen to them. If they did report, often times it was to the local police rather than the campus police in fear that they would be shamed or turned away by the universities.

Advocate for women and children believes that providing food and shelter for displace women and children of abused home is not good enough. The organization in addition to food and shelter will help educate the community on the effect of domestic violence on children. Everyone knows that violence at home affects every member of the family. That is why the organization will provide large range of service which includes group counselling, case management advocacy, doctors, nurses etc. Abused women and children are the weaker set of people in our society; they need the support of the people and leaders in our society. Applying the wisdom of the sadhu, Hobbes, kyi and al-farabi, the leaders of our organization will educate the people on the dangers/effect of domestic violence on children, thereby advocating for maximum care and solution to the growing problem.

“One in five women are sexually assaulted while in college” (Not Alone, 2014). In our class of twenty women that means that possibly five women have been sexually assaulted. Out of the five women that I stated could have been sexually assaulted they may have known the perpetrator and often will not report what has happened. According to the spring count of students completed by West Chester University, 9,211 of those students were females (“Headcount Enrollment”, 2014). If I go by the statistic mentioned earlier that one in five women is assaulted that would mean that 1,842 women have been sexually assaulted while enrolled at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. Out of 1,842 possible assaults only four were reported last year. Two of which the victims knew prior to the assault. Rankin and Associates consulting conducted a Climate Assessment on West Chester University in September of 2010, a section of the results focused on sexual assault on students. According to the report seven people who reported a sexual assault to the university described their reactions to the universities response. Two students shared the way they felt the response was inappropriate or poor. One described that they felt the suspension for one semester was not an appropriate response to an admitted rape, that public safety lost the victims statement, judicial affairs painted the victim offender as innocent, and that the registrar protected the offender putting the victim in harm’s way and everyone

The Hunting Ground (2015), explores sexual assaults on college campuses. The film shows many survivors conveying their experience with sexual assault and how their colleges or universities has handled their trauma. This film also shows the psychological toll sexual assault has on the survivor as well as their families. Additionally, the film presents how institutions cover it up and/or present a penalty that is not fit for the crime.

In the article “Athletic club weekend turns into a nightmare for college freshman” by Carol smith and Lee Van Der Voo, Emily Lorenzen shares her story of being a rape victim. Emily shares her account because she wants to help to prevent rape from happening to anyone else. After interviewing Emily the authors shared a statement expressing that “Emily lorenzen believes that if people hear her story, they will be more comfortable confronting the issue of sexual assault on campus. She wants more conversation, so that men get a clearer definition of rape, face stiffer penalties if they ignore it and administrators learn to reach out to women like her and show compassion. She especially wants bystanders to step up and protect people who are vulnerable.” Rape victims need support to not feel guilty or ashamed, and that is exactly what Emily and her father desire. On this topic, Shipman an influential contributor of the Spokane sexual assault

I am a campus sexual assault response advocate (SARA) through a partnership between Simpson College and Crisis Intervention Services (CIS). After attending 30 hours of training I have Victim Counselor Privilege as found in the Iowa Code 915.20A. SARA provides 24/7 advocacy services on the Simpson College campus, when classes are in session, to anyone in need of support and/or assistance due to sexual assault. The goal of SARA is to educate and assist members of the Simpson community in dealing with sexual assault and sexual responsibility. SARA is also a student-run organization which provides educational programming designed to educate the campus about issues related to dating violence, sexual harassment, sexual assault, and being conscientious

The ability to remember, comprehend, apply, evaluate, analyze, and create are key components to an effective victim advocate.

• Coordinate with Counseling Centers to ensure student receives appropriate help, upon the victim’s request and release of information

According the American Civil Liberties Union, a staggering 95% of rapes on college campuses go unreported. The reason we see such low report rates is reflective upon the extreme need for on campus prevention and support systems. Since the Obama administration has come into office, President Obama and Vice President Biden have enacted a program known as the Not Alone Project. This program attempts to break the silence about sexual violence on college campuses and reach out to provide victims with the support they need by reaching out to other victims and giving them the support and avenues they need to seek justice, a sense of safe and well-being after going through the horrors of a sexual assault. This program also aims to spread awareness

They may feel anxious about running into their perpetrators. Afraid of walking across the dark school alone. Embarrassed that people may find out what happened. Campuses need different types of counseling services specifically for victims of sexual crimes. Individual or group counseling, peer counseling, rape crisis centers, and other forms of assistance need to be readily available and advertised so that victims can get the help that they need. Counselors need to help victims realize that the event or events that took place was not their fault and help them recover not only physically but also emotionally and psychologically. These individuals need to be available because a rape or sexual assault can happen at any time of any day. While this can cost campuses a lot of money and resources, they have a moral obligation to at least offer minimal counseling and other resources for their students. However, many victims do not report the incident and will not seek counseling. Students are more likely to tell their friends what has occurred (Daigle et al., 2008). As a result, campuses need to use this angle to educate students about how to help a person that has experienced something as traumatic as being

Most cities and counties in Colorado as well as across the United States have a Victims Advocate Program. These offices are staffed with trained people who care about the victim and their rights during their involvement in the criminal justice system. Their goal is to help lessen the impact of being a victim of crime or a witness to a crime, and provide information about how the court system works and the current status of their case. Remember, it is the very important for the victim to keep law enforcement that is working the case informed of any changes; keeping the lines of communication clear, open and up to date.

For years, women have been sexualized publicly on television and other forms of media. With twisted TV shows such as Law and Order and CSI glorifying the stone-cold reality of sexual assaults and rapes that occur daily on college campuses. Television gives away a blissful ending with every sexual assault or rape, but it is far from the truth. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, 80% of rape and sexual assaults of female students goes unreported to the police. (Langston) This does not mean it was never documented, the reports were made to the campus police, then should be passed on to the Special Victims Unit, but almost always the report is put aside, forgotten about, then eventually lost. Two solutions of trying to help this overwhelming statistic are to constantly educate female students about the harsh reality of sexual

Today’s topic is about Social justices warriors, for those who don’t know what is a Social justices warrior; is a radical left-wing (well also right-wing sort of) feminazis or should I say modern feminists. Social justice warriors believe in political correctness, minority superiority, and “equality”, and socialism into a totalitarian system in order to censor speech and discriminate white males (unless the white males have physical and mental issues which is kind of stupid). You may ask what they have to do with “feminism”. Why is it important to know about this? Are they a threat to us or just a bunch of trolls? And why am I calling them feminazis?

Kamilah Willingham, a victim of rape at Harvard University was questioned about not fighting her attacker who is over 200 pounds with a height of about 6’3 according to the victim. She was also questioned about their friendship, that maybe her attacker confused their friendship with something more than just a friendship. Caroline Heldman, a professor at Occidental College mentioned that victim-blaming has a silencing effect on survivors. Lack of action from university

My own opinions on the existing state of victim’s rights in America today is that though it has been more of a priority these last couple years, it is not nearly as important as it should be. Offenders get rights defensive them even after committing horrible crimes, but victims are left out more or less. There are too many occurrences where the victim’s voice is not heard at all, whether it is their own choice or the decision of the court. Now is the time for victims to be given the courage to speak out and help the court and the world understand that the victim’s voice can be the last nail in the defendant’s trial coffin. As the article "Crime Victims' Rights: From Illusion to Reality," states "the Maryland Court of Appeals refused to order