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    Victim Advocacy

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    University CRJS310-1102A-01 May 8‚ 2011 Abstract This paper will be discussing a drug in which is used to rape someone and it is called the date rape drug as well as how it is given to someone. The discussion will involve the characteristics of the victim as well as give some statistical information regarding the amount of date rapes as well as the most frequent places where these kinds of crimes happen. There will be a discussion on how important it is to prosecute date rape crimes as well as the

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    The Victims Movement

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    Introduction to Victims Advocacy Everest University Individual Work Week 1 Heather Eslick This week I learned about the history of the Victims’ Movement. The Victim’s Movement is a movement that wants to help improve the treatment of the victims. In this day and age the challenge that is arising is enforcing the Victims’ Movement meaning making it happen all the time not just some of the time. CVHR is now participating by joining as a member of the justice community and helping to enforce

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    The Victims Analysis

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    Divorce is common in the world today. Despite the vows made in marriage to remain together until death‚ certain events could cause the couple to resort to divorce. In the poem‚ ‘The Victims‚’ writer Sharon Olds conveys the effects of divorce within a family. The poem seems to be written in very personal manner‚ as if the writer experienced the events firsthand. Also‚ it is written in a very dark tone‚ as if the persona is filled with resentment towards the father. However‚ the poem’s tone changes

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    Victim Interrogation

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    When a victim is responsible for his or her own victimization is called victim precipitation (Daigle‚ n.d.). When a victim act in a certain manner which facilitates criminal activities against them. In other words‚ I’ve seen where victims play the deciding role in their own victimization which is also called the theory of victim precipitation. Victim blaming is when the victim is partially help responsible for their disaster (Criminal Justice‚ 2017). I do not agree with these concepts. The

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    process of sentencing (Roberts‚ 2013). The Criminal Justice Act 2003 identifies the main purposes for punishment. When allocating a sentence‚ any court sentencing an offender must regard: the punishment of the offender‚ the reduction of crime due to the punishment‚ the rehabilitation of the offender‚ the protection of the public and the ‘making a mends’ for those affected by the offending (Bartels‚ 2009). In England and Wales‚ in an attempt to improve consistency‚ guidelines for sentencing are used

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    Victim Blaming

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    Rape Culture and Victim-Blaming According to the Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime‚ victim blaming can be defined as “a devaluing act that occurs when the victim(s) of a crime or an accident is held responsible — in whole or in part — for the crimes that have been committed against them”. It can appear in forms of negative social response from authoritative organizations (lawyers‚ police‚ etc.) or from the victim’s social circle (friends‚ family‚ school‚ etc.) towards the crime that

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    Say NO to Racism

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    BERNIE CENICEROS Title: Say NO To Racism Topic: People must learn to avoid racism and correct those who don ’t Thesis: No matter how much we think we ’ve evolved as humans‚ racism holds us back Intro: I.Attention Gaining Strategy: how many of you have witnessed or been a victim of racism? II.¼ high-schoolers are racially abused every year III. No matter how much we think we ’ve evolved as humans‚ racism holds us back IV. My main points are why racism is wrong‚ why people move here‚

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    Victim Typologies

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    Victim Typologies Criminology and Victimology Mary Caplette CJ266 2/20/2012   There are five types of victim typologies that Selin & Wolfgang offer. The list consists of Primary Victimization‚ Secondary Victimization‚ Tertiary Victimization‚ Mutual Victimization‚ and No Victimization. Below I will describe each in a detailed manner. I would like to start with Primary Victimization. That is described as a one person target. What that refers to is that it is personalized or an

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    Bullying and Victims

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    Grades K-12 is either a bully or a victim of bullying.” (The numbers continue to rise every month). This is a very large amount of victims that are being bullied in school every day. Bullying can also traumatize and hurt a child or teenager all throughout all their life. Bullying can never be forgotten by victim because it is a horrible experience to go thru. Bullying can lead the victim to depression. Without a support from someone that can help them‚ the victim will be alone and feel afraid of

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    Victim Typology

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    what we can discover from students about crime and violence in their schools and their fear of violence in the schools. Also I will discuss the value of security measures in controlling school violence and is it too much. Studies of school violence have variously used such terms as teen aggression‚ conflict‚ delinquency‚ conduct disorders‚ criminal behavior‚ and anti-social behavior to describe the sources of the problem. In simple terms‚ drugs‚ hormonal imbalances‚ conflicts with peers or parents

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