Acknowledgements

With appreciation, the Massachusetts Office for Victim Assistance would like to gratefully acknowledge the following people and their organizations for their invaluable contribution to updating this publication.

The members of the Victim Witness Assistance Board (VWAB):

Martha Coakley
Massachusetts Attorney General, Chair

Jonathan Blodgett
Essex County District Attorney

Timothy Cruz
Plymouth County District Attorney

Yoko Kato
Victim/Public Member, Victim Witness Assistance Board

Evelyn Tobin
Victim/Public Member, Victim Witness Assistance Board

AND

Kevin Becker
Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Director, Institute for Trauma & Crisis

Steve Bocko
Deputy Commissioner, Training and Research, Office of the Commissioner of Probation

Sandra Clark
Director (ret.), Office of the Attorney General, Victim Compensation and Assistance Division

Diane Coffey, Director
Victim Services Unit, Massachusetts Parole Board

Marie-Elena Edwards
Director, Victim Services, Massachusetts Department of Youth Services

Erin Gaffney
Director, Victim Services Unit, Massachusetts Department of Correction

Jennifer Franco
Staff Attorney, Massachusetts District Attorneys Association

Elizabeth A. Keegan
Director, Victim Witness Advocates Program, Berkshire County District Attorney’s Office

Katherine Manners
Clinical Coordinator, Advocate Education & Support, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Susan Manatt
Director, Victim Witness Advocates Program, Franklin and Hampshire County District Attorney’s Office

Judy Norton
Director, Victim Service, Sex Offender Registry Board

Djuna E. Perkins
Brody Hardoon Perkins & Kesten, LLP

Patrice Provitola
Director, Victim Witness Advocates Program, Middlesex District Attorney’s Office

Lisa Tieszen
Project Coordinator, Advocate Education & Support, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Cheryl Watson
Director, Victim Witness Advocates Program, Essex County District Attorney’s Office

Jennifer Decourcey
Director, Victim Services, Criminal History Systems Board

Dee Kennedy
Probation Office, Dorchester

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