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Minnesota Victim Assistance Academy 2019

Join us for a panel discussion on the barriers faced by underserved crime victims and strategies to enhance victim services. Learn from subject matter experts working with diverse populations and gain valuable insights to better serve victims.

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Minnesota Victim Assistance Academy 2019

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  1. Minnesota VictimAssistance Academy2019 Barriers to the Criminal Justice System and Victim Services

  2. Welcome! Let’s meet our moderator and panelists! In this panel discussion we will be learning from subject matter experts who work directly with crime victims in rural, urban and metro areas, the deaf and hard of hearing community, elders, and underserved populations of South Asia.

  3. Biiftuu Ibrahim AdamModerator

  4. Raj Chaudhary, Co-Founder, SEWA-AIFW “Total Family Wellness”, Minneapolis, MN Shelly Carlson, Criminal Justice Systems Manager, Minnesota Elder Justice Center,St. Paul, MN 55114 Stephanie Ritenour, Program Manager, ThinkSelf, St. Paul, MN

  5. Objectives for our panel discussion Students will be able to better understand the barriers to service provision and justice that distinguish certain underserved victims of crime. Students will learn specific attitudes, skills, strategies, and resources required to better serve underserved/unserved/ marginalized crime victims effectively. Students will understand the value of best practices and how these can be brought back to their workplaces to effect immediate change in serving victims.

  6. Key themes & definitionsFor our discussion today • Competency: The ability to do something successfully or efficiently • Bias: a tendency to believe that some people, ideas, etc. are better than others that usually results in treating some people unfairly. • Humility/Cultural Humility: Can we be adequately knowledgeable about cultures other than our own? We can take responsibility for our interactions with others beyond acknowledging or being sensitive to our differences.

  7. Key themes & definitionsFor our discussion today • Underserved/Unserved/Marginalized Populations: Populations who face barriers to accessing the criminal justice system and victim services due to language, income, disability, location, institutional racism, etc. • Awareness: Things I know/Things I don’t know/Think I know I don’t know. Are you aware of your own limitations? Do you celebrate other’s differences? • Access: Privilege or permission to use data or resources • Barriers: exist in an environment that limit, interfere with, or impedes a person from accessing a particular location, service, or restrains progress.

  8. Describe how the victims you work with are underserved?

  9. What barriers or challenges do the victims you work with face in accessing the criminal justice system?"

  10. What barriers or challenges do the victims you work with face in accessing victim services both inside and outside the criminal justice system?

  11. How do you talk about and address the barrier with the victim and develop a strategy to work with it?

  12. What efforts/projects are you involved in, or aware of, to address barriers and increase resources to this population?

  13. What is one dramatic change to the CJS/victim services which would better serve your population?

  14. Questions?

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