Enforcing Victims’ Rights
| Date: | October 29-30, 2008 |
| Duration: | 2.0 days |
| Cost: | $200.00 |
| City/State: | Charleston, SC |
| Training Location: |
Charleston Harbor Resort and Marina 20 Patriots Point Road Mount Pleasant, South Carolina 29464 Phone: 843-856-0028 Fax: 843-856-8333 |
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Enforcing Victims' Rights is designed for victim advocates with at least 2 years of experience working in the victims' field who want to expand the depth and breadth of their knowledge and skills regarding the legal rights of crime victims. This training provides theoretical concepts, historical and legal perspectives, practical guidelines, and a breakdown of the laws to help you support the consistent enforcement of crime victims' rights.
Module 1: Introduction and Overview
Module 2: History of the Crime Victims Rights Movement in the United States
By the end of this module, participants will be able to:
- Identify the major social/political movements that contributed to the rise of the victims’ rights movement.
- Describe three major federal victims’ rights laws.
- List ten national enforcement organizations doing work at the state level.
- Explain 2 key enforcement laws.
Module 3: Definition of a Victim
By the end of this module, participants will be able to:
- Describe a statutory definition of a victim.
- Explain how rights attach to a victim as a status term and the difficulty of enforcement if rights are not attached.
- Discuss terminology used in juvenile court.
- Identify resources for enforcing victims’ rights within military and tribal courts.
Module 4: 13 Common Rights
By the end of this module, participants will be able to:
- Describe 13 major categories of victims’ rights laws.
- Discuss actions they can take to ensure victims know how to assert and seek enforcement of rights.
Module 5: Where Do We Find Victim Rights’ Laws?
By the end of this module, participants will be able to:
- Identify the legal hierarchy of victims’ rights laws.
- Explain the relationship between constitutional provisions, statutes, and rules.
Module 6: Standing and Enforcement
By the end of this module, participants will be able to:
- Explain the legal concepts of Standing and Enforcement.
- Discuss the common hurdles pertaining to Standing and Enforcement and strategies to overcome them.
Module 7: Ethical Considerations When Advocating for a Victim
By the end of this module, participants will be able to:
- Identify ethical considerations when working with multiple victims of the same crime.
- Identify the scope of confidentiality.
- Explain when it is appropriate to refer to a source held to confidentiality.
- Discuss the rules regarding communication with a represented party.
Module 8: Your Role as a Victim Advocate: Pretrial, Trial and Post Trial
By the end of this module, participants will be able to:
- Explain how victims’ rights can be exercised during pretrial proceedings.
- Discuss victims’ rights at pretrial.
- Discuss victims’ rights during the trial.
- Demonstrate practical skills for advocating for the crime victim during the criminal trial.
- Identify victims’ rights at post trial.
- Identify what changes they will implement to enhance what they do to enforce victims’ rights.
Module 9: Wrap-Up