{"product_id":"2940012752758","title":"Victim-Oriented Multidisciplinary Responses to Statutory Rape: Training Guide","description":"Statutory rape laws are meant to protect our Nation’s young people. When these laws are broken, victimized young people should feel confident that our legal system will punish the offenders. If the laws are inadequate or poorly enforced, we must provide improved or new laws and a legal system that enforces them. A recent American Bar Association (ABA) Center on Children and the Law study, funded by the Office for Victims of Crime, reported many problems associated with almost every aspect of the service and legal systems’ responses to the crime of statutory rape and described how these problems result in disservice to victims. To help solve these problems, OVC has published this Victim-Oriented Multidisciplinary Responses to Statutory Rape Training Guide.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor the study, ABA staff interviewed prosecutors, victim advocates, police, and judges to determine how statutory rape cases, victims, and offenders were treated by care providers and legal professionals. Problems associated with statutory rape cases involve the victim, the offender, prosecutors, service providers, police, judges, any resultant offspring, and all the psychological, emotional, and financial consequences for the teen and the offender. Recognizing the complexities of statutory rape cases, this Training Guide offers ideas and suggestions to remedy the currently inadequate societal and legal responses to statutory rape and its victims. The Training Guide seeks to improve the responses of care providers and the criminal justice system to young victims and to hold responsible the adult offenders. This document contains practical suggestions to increase reporting of this crime, improve investigations and prosecutions, improve treatment of victims and offenders, and develop sound sentencing practices to guide judges. The effective management of this complex crime demands the use of a collaborative, multidisciplinary approach that includes all involved organizations and agencies, particularly victim advocates, prosecutors, law enforcement officials, judges, mental health providers, health care and service providers, school officials, and other teen program professionals. The ABA study indicated that when those involved work together, problems are solved and promising approaches for positive change come to light.","brand":"1001 Property Solutions LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47069484712176,"sku":"2940012752758","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012752758_p0.jpg?v=1763572297","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012752758","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}