Victim Impact Statement

After taking this class, I have learned more than I imagined I would. I took this class because it was a mandatory requirement in order for me to graduate. In the end, I am grateful to have gained the knowledge I did from Legal policy and Victim services. Even though I am in the law enforcement option, the number of topics I have studied will help me throughout my years in any law enforcement job opportunity. What I learned about and enjoyed the most are victim rights and services provided. Victim impact statements are something I feel extremely strong about because they are the last empowering statement one has control of towards their offender. An offender should not have the choice if they want to hear the victim impact statement (VIS) or not. The discussion board assignment where the question of whether or not this is prejudiced towards the offender was interested to read about other students opinions. One thing I did not know was how many victim rights one has. Ones I did not know about before taking this class was their right to be present in all
I knew that I had watched the commercials that involved talking about victims in a variety of background such as sex trafficking. These public service announcement are much more complex than just getting some actors and record their statements. I learned that there are many more restrictions and rules these producers have to abide by. For example they cannot exceed sixty seconds, they cannot say please help/support, and cannot ask for funds. These rules came as a surprise, and even more that PSA’s are donated by TV stations in order to broadcast a current issue to the public. The PSA discussion board enabled me to watch other student’s PSA and thoroughly enjoyed watching the variety they displayed. I found the objectives of PSAs to be rewarding for victims who want to make the public aware of the