Anti-Violence Advocacy & Criminalized Survivors

How are survivors of sexual violence criminalized for their survival? In this training, we examine some of the underpinnings of the criminal legal system that pose particular challenges for survivors, explore three models to help us understand the ways in which survivors are criminalized, identify various sources of violence and barriers criminalized survivors experience, identify possible supports criminalized survivors may need, and practice centering values that uplift the complicated realties of surviving both sexual violence and the criminal legal system.