Victims and the Criminal Justice System

Victims and the Criminal Justice System
For this Assignment, review the scenario in this week’s Interactive Community. For each branch of the criminal justice system (law enforcement, courts, and corrections), consider which interactions with the victim were effective and which were ineffective. Think about what could be done to help the criminal justice system better serve victims.
The Assignment (2–3 pages):
• Visit the Interactive Community and follow the instructions to access this week’s media.
• For each branch of the criminal justice system, explain one interaction with the victim that was effective and one interaction with the victim that was ineffective and explain why.
• Explain programs that could be developed for or made available to criminal justice professionals to help better serve victims.
INTERACTIVE COMMUNITY MEDIA
http://mym.cdn.laureate-media.com/2dett4d/Walden/CRJS/6203/CH/mm/interactive_community/week7.html
Readings
• Englebrecht, C. M. (2011). The struggle for “ownership of conflict”: An exploration of victim participation and voice in the criminal justice system. Criminal Justice Review, 36(2), 129–151.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
• Gur, O. M. (2010). Persons with mental illness in the criminal justice system: Police interventions to prevent violence and criminalization. Journal of Police Crisis Negotiations, 10(1/2), 220–240.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
• Meyer, S. (2011). Seeking help for intimate partner violence: Victims’ experiences when approaching the criminal justice system for IPV-related support and protection in an Australian jurisdiction. Feminist Criminology, 6(4), 268–290.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
• Patterson, D., & Campbell, R. (2010). Why rape survivors participate in the criminal justice system.Journal of Community Psychology, 38(2), 191–205.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
• Rashmee, S. (2010). In between the system and the margins: Community organizations, mandatory charging and immigrant victims of abuse. Canadian Journal of Sociology, 35(1), 31–62.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.