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Welcome to the ITVS Community Connections Project (CCP) outreach page for:
The CCP is supporting SENTENCING THE VICTIM through a variety of community, campus and professional development engagement activities and resources beyond the original television broadcast on the PBS series Independent Lens, March 2, 2004 at 10:00pm.
Check local listings.
Get involved! Email outreach@itvs.org.
SENTENCING THE VICTIM is a documentary film which portrays a deeply moving account of a young woman's struggle to take charge of her life after a brutal attack — and her journey to seek justice from the courts and the parole system to hold the offenders accountable. After Joanna Katz was brutally tortured and gang-raped, she faced her assailants and transformed herself into a victim's rights advocate. Called upon to testify at parole hearings year after year, this South Carolina woman decided to collaborate with a seasoned filmmaker to tell her own story, challenging the parole system in order to heal herself—and to give courage to other women who have survived violent crimes.
ITVS's Community Connections Project (CCP) and Joanna Katz have collaborated to develop the SENTENCING THE VICTIM Community Engagement and Educational Outreach Campaign, which reaches out to:
- Crime victims and survivors
- Families, friends and colleagues of victims
- Criminal justice professionals
- Hospital and mental health professionals
- Interfaith communities
- Public policymakers
- Parent/teacher associations
- College and university students and administrators
The goals of the campaign are to educate participants about:
- The short and long term impact of violent crime on victims and their families.
- The ways in which participation in the criminal justice process can further traumatize victims and their families and also the benefits of their participation to their healing process.
- The sensitive treatment of victims and their families by criminal justice and allied professionals, colleagues and friends and how it can affect a victim's ability and capacity to heal in the aftermath of a violent crime.
- Recommendations to improve treatment of victims and their families by criminal justice and allied professionals, colleagues and friends.
All materials are available to our national and local partners and public television stations at no cost. These include:
With the support of national partners, public television stations and regional organizers, we want to make a difference in your community by:
- Incorporating the film and discussion materials into sensitization workshops (parole boards, victim advocacy, support networks)
- Supporting professional development training
- Sponsoring presentations at related conferences
- Hosting preview screenings and facilitated discussion forums in the community and on campuses
American Probation and Parole Association (APPA)
www.appa-net.org
American Probation and Parole Association (APPA) is an international association that explores issues relevant to the field of adult and juvenile probation, parole and community-based corrections.
Justice Solutions
www.justicesolutions.com
Justice Solutions is a national nonprofit advocating for rights, resources and respect for victims and communities affected by crime.
Maryland Crime Victim Resource Center, Inc. / Stephanie Roper Foundation
www.mdcrimevictims.org
Maryland Crime Victim Resource Center, Inc. / Stephanie Roper Foundation strives to ensure that victims of violent crime receive justice and are treated with dignity and compassion through comprehensive rights and services.
National Association of VOCA Assistance Administrators (NAVAA)
www.navaa.org/links.html
National Association of VOCA Assistance Administrators (NAVAA) is an organization of jurisdictions and agencies designated to administer U.S. Victim of Crime Act (VOCA) victim assistance formula block grants.
National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center at the Medical University of South Carolina
www.musc.edu/cvc
National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center at the Medical University of South Carolina is devoted to achieving a better understanding of the impact of criminal victimization on adults, children and their families, focusing on four major areas: scientific research, evidence-based treatment, professional education and consultation.
Security on Campus
www.securityoncampus.org
Security on Campus is a nonprofit organization that seeks to ensure safer college and university campuses for students, through education, victim assistance, advocacy and public policy initiatives.
Rape, Abuse, Incest National Network (RAAIN)
www.rainn.org
Rape, Abuse, Incest National Network (RAAIN) carries out programs to prevent sexual assault, help victims and ensure that rapists are brought to justice.
Victims and the Media
www.victims.jrn.msu.edu
Victims and the Media explores ways to assist the media in reporting on crime, trauma and catastrophe.
Victims Assistance Legal Organization (VALOR)
www.valor-national.org
Victims Assistance Legal Organization (VALOR) is dedicated to enhancing the legal rights of victims of crime in the civil, criminal and juvenile justice systems, promoting public awareness about the rights and needs of crime victims, and advancing victim's rights through public policy efforts at federal, state and local levels.
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