Moving your CCR Beyond an IncidentBased Response Cindene Pezzell National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women Mary Ingham Crisis Intervention Services Sandra T Murphy BWJP When the Victim is Arrested ID: 641204
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DEFENSE-BASED ADVOCACY
TOWARD A LONG-TERM VIEW OF RISK:
Moving your CCR Beyond an
Incident-Based Response
Cindene Pezzell, National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women
Mary Ingham, Crisis Intervention Services,
Sandra T Murphy, BWJP Slide2
When the Victim is Arrested:
Seeking a Just Response
© Battered Women’s Justice Project, 2017Slide3
When the Victim is Arrested:
Seeking a Just Response
Who is with us today?
Community-based advocate
LE-based advocate
V/W Coordinator
Law enforcement
Prosecutors
Civil attorneys
Defense attorneys
Court personnel
Probation
CCR coordinatorsSlide4
When the Victim is Arrested:
Seeking a Just Response
Understand the key skills needed to engage in defense-based advocacy
Identify how advocacy programs can – and should – work with arrested victims
Develop strategies for effective partnerships between advocates and defense attorneysSlide5
When the Victim is Arrested
Core competencies needed by advocates:
Comprehensive understanding of CJS process
Know how prosecutors see and evaluate cases
Role of advocates as guide for prosecutors and victimsSlide6
When the Victim is Arrested
Unique challenges and additional risks
How advocates can – and should – help arrested victims
Barriers to defense-based advocacy work
Building a defense-based advocacy project in your program
Assessing when and how to work with prosecutors in these casesSlide7
When the Victim is Arrested
Unique Challenges and Risks
How victims end up as defendants
Additional risks faced by arrested victimsSlide8
How Advocates Can – and Should – Help Arrested VictimsSlide9
Building a Defense-Based Advocacy ProgramSlide10
Building a Defense-Based Advocacy Program
Know the criminal system –
but from a defense perspectiveSlide11
Building a Defense-Based Advocacy Program
Similar advocacy skills and knowledge – but some caveats…Slide12
Building a Defense-Based Advocacy Program
your defense attorney partnersSlide13
Building a Defense-Based Advocacy Program
advocate
Arrested victim
Defense attorney
cops
prosecutors
judges
funders
communitySlide14
Building a Defense-Based Advocacy Program
Support groups at jails
Information workshops at jails
Bail fund
Community education
Connect with re-entry programsSlide15
When the Victim is ArrestedSlide16
When the Victim is Arrested
Working with the prosecutor … or notSlide17
When the Victim is Arrested:
Seeking a Just Response
Closing thoughts…Slide18
When the Victim is Arrested
© Battered
Women’s Justice Project, 2017
Cindene Pezzell
Legal Director
NCDBW
cindene@ncdbw.org
Sandi Tibbetts Murphy
Legal & Policy Advisor
BWJP
smurphy@bwjp.org
Mary Ingham
Executive Director
Crisis Intervention Service
mary@cishelps.org