CJA324 Week 5 Individual Victims’ Rightsand Vengeance

Week 5 Individual Victims’ Rightsand Vengeance

Read the following two articles “Crime Victims’ Rights: From Illusion

to Reality” and “Vengeance Time” in this week’s Electronic Reserve

Readings.

Write a 350- to 700-word personal reflection that addresses the

following:

• What is your personal stance on the current state of victims’

rights in America?

• Do you believe that the 2004 Crime Victims’ Rights Act (CRVA)

has been successful? Explain.

• Is there ever a circumstance in which you feel vengeance is

appropriate, even when it means breaking a law? Explain your

response.

• Do you agree with the actions of Survivors Network of those

Abused by Priests (SNAP)? Why or why not?