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SENTENCING THE VICTIM is a powerful examination of one woman’s struggles in surviving a violent crime. After surviving a brutal attack, Joanna Katz faced her assailants and transformed herself into a victim’s rights advocate. By working with filmmaker Liz Oakley, Katz has been able to publicize her quest to reform the criminal justice system and reduce victim trauma. ITVS's Community Connections Project has teamed with Katz to create a community engagement and educational outreach campaign, reaching out to crime victims and survivors as well as their families and friends.
Violent crime has a significant and profound impact on victims and their loved ones. SENTENCING THE VICTIM hopes to educate viewers not only about the short and long-term effects of violent crime, but also on how survivors are impacted by the treatment they receive from law enforcers, medical personnel, justice professionals, corrections officials, parole authorities and social service providers. By publicizing Katz’s experiences, the film and its outreach campaign hope to spur improvements in criminal justice processes and affect how victims are viewed and treated by the justice system itself.
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- One out of every six American women has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape in her lifetime. A total of 17.7 million American women and 2.78 million American men have been victims of these crimes.
- In 2002, there were 247,730 victims of rape, attempted rape or sexual assault in the United States.
- Almost one-third of all rape victims develop rape-related Post-traumatic Stress Disorder at some point in their lives, and more than eleven percent of these victims still suffer from it.
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