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Victim services refer to a range of programs and support systems designed to assist individuals who have experienced crime, abuse, or trauma. The primary goal of victim services is to provide immediate and ongoing support to help individuals recover from the impact of victimization.
Victim services can include crisis intervention, counseling, legal advocacy, assistance with compensation claims, and referrals to other resources. They are typically provided by government agencies, non-profit organizations, and other community-based organizations.
Victim services can also provide support during the criminal justice process, such as helping individuals understand their rights and the court process, providing accompaniment to court proceedings, and assisting with protection orders. The ultimate aim of victim services is to empower victims to rebuild their lives and restore their sense of safety and security.
1. Introduction The Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) was introduced in 2000, defining sex and labor trafficking and creating criminal statutes to facilitate investigations, prosecutions, and provide victim services in the United States [1]. Despite the TVPA, most local law enforcement agencies required years to begin investigating street level prostitution and residential brothels as potential…
The study “Domestic Minor Familial Sex Trafficking: A National Study of Prevalence, Characteristics, and Challenges across the Justice Process” aimed to explore the prevalence, characteristics, and challenges associated with domestic minor sex trafficking (DMST) by family members.
Lana Saunders, chair of the Anti-Human Trafficking Working Group, holds the new Human Trafficking Protocol in Kingston, on Wednesday. Photo by Steph Crosier /The Whig-Standard Had police asked Alexandra Stevenson who controlled her money while she was with her ex-boyfriend in 2007, a switch may have clicked. Had they asked how she decided what to…
Canadian authorities say they have dissolved an international labour trafficking ring and rescued 64 Mexican workers from “deplorable living and working conditions” across Greater Toronto. The men and women, between their 20s and 40s, were transported in yellow school buses to work in farms, factories and warehouses across the region while being housed in cramped…
The executive director of victim services in one of Canada’s human trafficking hotspots says she’s seeing an increase in people from Newfoundland and Labrador in her caseload. Krista MacNeil is the executive director of Victim Services of Durham Region, encompassing the Greater Toronto Area towns of Ajax, Oshawa, Whitby and several smaller communities. As a Mi’kmaw woman born and raised in Stephenville, N.L., MacNeil said…
HOUSTON – A 30-year-old man who resided in Houston has pleaded guilty to several sex trafficking crimes and possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Edgar Botello admitted to sex trafficking with force, fraud or coercion and conspiracy to do so as well as possession of child pornography. “Sex traffickers prey on…
Ontario has assisted 61 victims of human trafficking and laid 239 charges against 28 people since the Provincial Human Trafficking Intelligence-led Joint Forces Strategy (IJFS) was formed in Dec. 2021. The statistics were released on national Human Trafficking Awareness Day on Wednesday by the IFJS which sees 21 police services from around the province, including…
How to detect signs of human trafficking is the focus of a virtual seminar hosted by Guelph-Wellington Women in Crisis. The 90-minute information session goes this Wednesday and will cover trends, challenges people face, ways help those who are being trafficked and more. Human trafficking was once seen as a “big city problem,” but there…
North Simcoe Victim Services (NSVS) will mark Anti-Human Trafficking Awareness Week Feb 20 to 23. Client services co-ordinator Mandy Davison says NSVS will use the week as an opportunity to prepare resources and kits that will be made available to victims of human trafficking. “We don’t see individuals who are making appointments to come see us,” she said. “They…
Connections are being made one woman at a time by offering support and meeting a few basic needs near Atkinson Street in Boston, ground zero of the city’s opioid epidemic. For many women, this is where substance use disorder and human trafficking intersect. Clinical psychologist Dr. Abigail Judge and peer advocate Sandra Andrade hit the…
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