Victim services agency

 You are asked to write a 5 to 8 page paper about a victim services agency within your county. This paper should cover the basic information about the agency and how it operates. Victim services agencies at times operate within judicial, corrections and law enforcement agencies. Many agencies also function as non-profit organizations that work with the city, county and state systems. Please be curious and research organizations before you decide to focus on one agency that provides the services. Please see the following guidelines, but do know that this is not an all-encompassing list. Again, be curious and creative: Do research about the various agencies in your county Contact one or two, or if necessary as many as you can until you are granted access for an interview regarding the services they provide and find out if you could interview someone who works there. Prepare questions before you arrive—- make sure these questions will help you to learn more about the agency. Your questions should help you provide a comprehensive review of the agency and how it operates. Questions may include: — understand the objectives/goals of the organization, —why it was started? —what are the challenges, celebrations and critical perspectives experienced by the agency. —who does the agency serve (gender, race/ethnicity, social class, ability, age, sexual orientation, employment status, housing status, etc. Please be curious) —who are frequently using the services? —what are the top three or five issues that bring people to their doors? —How do they work with the criminal justice system? —what have you learned from this project? —what do you think people should know about the service? —how successful is the agency in meeting the needs of the victims? —what do they celebrate and what are the challenges they are working on? —how do they stay motivated? —how does one get a job in an agency like this? Please use the APA style in writing the paper— you have to record and cite the person(s) you are interviewing. Cite the literature you use to produce the paper and any other sources you happen to use to produce the paper. For details on appropriate APA citation, Purdue Owl online is a great resource. If I have left out anything in the above request or suggestions, please feel free to be creative.