Child sexual abuse investigations are difficult on children because of the recall of abuse details that are sexual in nature. Each instance of retelling the sexual experience adds to the traumatization of the child. Members of the multidisciplinary team also rely on the videotaped interview for information necessary to completing the investigation to avoid repeated interviews. This live audio conference helps professionals involved in forensic interviewing or other aspects of child sexual abuse allegations to understand how a protocol has been used to best facilitate the interview process.
FBI redefines rape to include men and women who were raped by means other than force. This is a very important clarification as most rapes aren't considered/counted as "Forcible Rape". This expansion includes rapes when drugs & alcohol are used and expands the age of the victims. This will provide a clearer picture on how often sexual assaults occur.
Congressional hearing regarding the lack of funding to protect crime victims' legal rights in criminal court. Congressman Poe calls the lack of funding "embarrassing".
Justice Department officials and experts testified about the Crime Victims Rights Act of 2004 and urged lawmakers to increase funding for state and federal measures to benefit victims of crimes.
In response to statements made about Victim Two today by the attorney for Jerry Sandusky, State College lawyers, Andrew Shubin and Justine Andronici released this statement:
Today, Jerry Sandusky’s attorney continued his attacks on the credibility of victims by publicly declaring that he wants a Presentment victim to step forward and defend him.
Andrew Shubin states, “Our investigation reveals that Sandusky is an unrepentant child predator.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced last Monday that a new unit at the state’s crime lab will handle backlogged rape kits. Four newly hired forensic scientists will staff the new unit and are expected to process 1,500 cases in their first year and double that amount in subsequent years.
There is a national movement to bring balance to the criminal justice system by establishing crime victims' rights legal clinics in every state. As of today twelve states have crime victims' rights legal clinics. Ohio is one of those states.
The Justice League of Ohio is the only crime victims' rights legal clinic in the state of Ohio that provides free legal representation in criminal court to citizens victimized by crime to protect their legal rights.
By Tony Brown and Peter Krouse / Plain Dealer Reporters
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- It is a shocking and emblematic photograph that could be of New York City's Boss Tweed, 140 years later: Jimmy Dimora, the most powerful man in Cuyahoga County politics, led away in manacles to FBI headquarters, to federal court, and into infamy.
