I'm helping to give us a voice
For those of you who have read my story (click my quote below if you havent) you already know how vocal I am about my abuse and helping others. The woman from Family Services in Dutchess County, who helped set up my open forum called and asked if I would serve on a committee.
Dutchess County, New York received a grant to do a two-year study on sex offender management to discover how to improve the system and fill in the gaps with a victim centered approach. There are only eleven counties in the entire country that are working on this project in association with the Center For Sex Offender Management www.csom.org . The work we do will influence sex offender management nationally and will possibly have international influence.
There are many committees that consist of people and professionals that range from probation officers to prosecutors, to therapists that will examine every single aspect of offender management. Then as a part of the Victims advocate consultant committee, we look at the information and see where the system needs improvement. I was asked to join when they realized that there were no male victims to give our perspective.
It is our mission to ensure that the policies and procedures of the Sex Offender Management System in Dutchess County incorporate a Victim-Centered focus and employ identified best practice strategies toward the goal of eradicating sexual violence in Dutchess County.
Our goals are:
To ensure that the management of sex offenders in Dutchess County operates from a victim-centered focus.
To educate the community about the impact of sexual violence upon individual victims and the community as a whole.
To educate the community regarding sex offender management and the rights and needs of victims.
To ensure that Sex Offender Management practices in Dutchess County operate utilizing best practices as identified by The National Center for Sex Offender Management and The Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers.
To ensure that services to victims are accessible and sensitive.
Our tasks are:
Participate in mapping of adult and juvenile sex offender management and sexual assault victim systems in Dutchess County and ensure that the mapping include questions related to victim centered practice.
Create and implement an operational Victim-Centered Approach for use in Dutchess County.
Provide community education regarding sex offender management and victim issues.
Provide feedback to the sex offender management system regarding policy and procedure that impacts upon current and potential victims and the community as a whole.
Create informational handout for victims regarding the criminal justice system and sex offender management.
And finally, to identify and eliminate the barriers, which contribute to the under-reporting of sexual violence.
I will be there to give us our voice, and to give voice to the children that dont have one.
And maybe take away the need for some children to have a voice when their biggest worry should be whether to have the chocolate or vanilla ice cream.
Wish me luck and as always,
Love & hugs and thanks for all the support.
Dutchess County, New York received a grant to do a two-year study on sex offender management to discover how to improve the system and fill in the gaps with a victim centered approach. There are only eleven counties in the entire country that are working on this project in association with the Center For Sex Offender Management www.csom.org . The work we do will influence sex offender management nationally and will possibly have international influence.
There are many committees that consist of people and professionals that range from probation officers to prosecutors, to therapists that will examine every single aspect of offender management. Then as a part of the Victims advocate consultant committee, we look at the information and see where the system needs improvement. I was asked to join when they realized that there were no male victims to give our perspective.
It is our mission to ensure that the policies and procedures of the Sex Offender Management System in Dutchess County incorporate a Victim-Centered focus and employ identified best practice strategies toward the goal of eradicating sexual violence in Dutchess County.
Our goals are:
To ensure that the management of sex offenders in Dutchess County operates from a victim-centered focus.
To educate the community about the impact of sexual violence upon individual victims and the community as a whole.
To educate the community regarding sex offender management and the rights and needs of victims.
To ensure that Sex Offender Management practices in Dutchess County operate utilizing best practices as identified by The National Center for Sex Offender Management and The Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers.
To ensure that services to victims are accessible and sensitive.
Our tasks are:
Participate in mapping of adult and juvenile sex offender management and sexual assault victim systems in Dutchess County and ensure that the mapping include questions related to victim centered practice.
Create and implement an operational Victim-Centered Approach for use in Dutchess County.
Provide community education regarding sex offender management and victim issues.
Provide feedback to the sex offender management system regarding policy and procedure that impacts upon current and potential victims and the community as a whole.
Create informational handout for victims regarding the criminal justice system and sex offender management.
And finally, to identify and eliminate the barriers, which contribute to the under-reporting of sexual violence.
I will be there to give us our voice, and to give voice to the children that dont have one.
And maybe take away the need for some children to have a voice when their biggest worry should be whether to have the chocolate or vanilla ice cream.
Wish me luck and as always,
Love & hugs and thanks for all the support.
