Vera Institute of Justice

Beyond Innocence

Toward a Framework for Serving All Survivors of Crime

Our media, our culture, and even some of our statutes continually reinforce the idea that in order to be deserving of care, a victim of crime has to be “innocent.” However, this idea excludes a wide range of people from services and limits the options and resources available to those who survive serious harm. In this series from Vera’s Current Thin ...

Publication

Kate D'Adamo, Amy Judy, Kenton Kirby, Catherine Shugrue dos Santos, Chanel Lopez, Shameeka Mattis, Rommell Washington, Liz Roberts