Victim witness | Law homework help

Grace needs you to provide information including: 

• a definition of victimology
• its history and how it has developed
• explain how its different from criminology, sociology, or psychology
• Who established the first safe houses for battered women, as well as where and when these safe-houses were established?
• Who established the first rape crisis centers, as well as where and when these centers were established?
• How has the civil rights movement contributed to anti-discrimination efforts and the establishment of hate crime legislation and policy?
• the role children’s rights groups have played in highlighting the problems child victims face in the criminal justice system
• which organizations she might contact that provide specific advocacy for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, and homicide
• what services are not provided by government crime compe

In 4-6 paragraphs

Rules of evidence have changed to accommodate the type of evidence required to prosecute these cases. Even so, many states still do not require mandatory reporting of this type of child abuse by clergy because of the long-held notion that clergy should enjoy complete confidentiality even if a supervisor becomes aware that a priest is sexually abusing a child. 

Answer the following questions:

• Explain the need for all states to require mandatory reporting of child abuse by clergy.
• How can the media be used to affect change in states that do not yet require mandatory reporting?
• Research the clergy abuse in a state of your choice.
  • If mandatory reporting exists, how long has this been a requirement? What organizations are involved in tracking and helping the victims with this type of abuse?
  • If mandatory reporting does not exist, what alternative processes exist for reporting clergy abuse?