Walking A Tightrope: Balancing Victim Privacy and Offender Accountability in Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Prosecutions Part II

May 01, 2013

Navigate the ethical challenges of providing evidence material to a defendant's guilt while protecting the victim from unnecessary disclosure in domestic violence and sexual assault cases; learn strategies to protect victims' privacy needs.

Issue 10 Walking A Tightrope Balancing Victim Privacy and Offender Accountability in Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Prosecutions Part II May 2013

Intimate Partner Violence

Sexual Violence
Resource type

Strategies Newsletters

Author(s)

Viktoria Kristiansson (former Attorney Advisor, AEquitas)

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Part II of this series on protecting victim privacy in domestic abuse and sexual assault cases discusses common statutory or evidentiary privileges and the scenarios in which conflicts with these privileges may arise. The article also provides prosecutors with strategies to protect privileges when the privacy interests of victims may outweigh the obligation to disclose.