Scenario

You are a director for New Hampshire’s Office of Victim/Witness Assistance. You are asked to create a presentation for newly hired crime victim advocates that will help to inform them about the experiences of child and domestic violence victims within the criminal justice system and how criminal justice professionals interact with them. Using the two different situations linked in the Supporting Materials section, create a presentation that describes the experiences of the two types of victims in the criminal justice system and analyze how criminal justice professionals interact with them.

Directions

Using the provided scenarios and situations, create a written presentation on victim interactions and experiences in the criminal justice system. Include the following required elements :

1. Explain what interactions should take place between a child victim and criminal justice professionals in Situation 1. Include the following in your explanation:
   1. What communications or interactions should occur between a child victim and criminal justice professionals?
   2. What are the roles of allied professionals (first responders, police officers, victim advocates, crisis counselors, hospital professionals) in working with a child victim in the rehabilitation process?
2. Describe the experience of a child victim in the criminal justice system in Situation 1. Include the following in your description:
   1. What is the child victim’s experience immediately after the initial incident regarding the investigative process and victim assistance?
   2. What is the child victim’s postevent experience regarding processing in the criminal justice system?
      1. What legal precautions are in place to protect a child victim?
      2. What happens to the child victim regarding courts, corrections, parole, and victim assistance?
      3. What is the process for the child victim being notified of the offender’s parole status (in this case, a guardian)?
3. Explain what interactions should take place between a domestic violence victim and criminal justice professionals in Situation 2. Include the following in your explanation:
   1. What communications or interactions should occur between a domestic violence victim and criminal justice professionals?
   2. What are the roles of allied professionals (first responders, police officers, victim advocates, crisis counselors, hospital professionals) in working with a domestic violence victim in the rehabilitation process?
4. Describe the experience of a domestic violence victim in the criminal justice system in Situation 2. Include the following in your description:
   1. What is the domestic violence victim’s experience immediately after the initial incident regarding the investigative process and victim assistance?
   2. What is the domestic violence victim’s postevent experience with processing in the criminal justice system?
   3. What legal precautions are in place to protect a domestic violence victim?
      1. What happens to the domestic violence victim regarding courts, corrections, parole, and victim assistance?
      2. What is the process for the victim being notified of the offender’s parole status?
5. Compare and contrast a child victim and a domestic violence victim. Include the following:
   1. What are the similarities and differences in the roles criminal justice professionals should play and how they should interact in each situation?
   2. What are the similarities and differences in the victims’ experiences?
      1. How are their immediate experiences and interactions with allied professionals (first responders, police officers, victim advocates, crisis counselors, hospital professionals) similar or different?
      2. How are their postevent experiences and interactions with criminal justice professionals (county or district attorneys, probation officers, judges) similar or different?