That puts intense pressure on the victim to withdraw from the case. For a lot of victims, this is not worth it.

Most male victims of violence are the victims of other men's violence. So that's something that both women and men have in common. We are both victims of men's violence.

If it's a mugging, you might not want to give out the name of the victim in case the robber might seek them out to intimidate them from prosecuting.

When media coverage sets up a binary opposition between 'the accuser' and 'the accused,' there is no longer a victim or even an alleged victim - a flesh and blood person who was harmed by the violent act of another.

In all the years I've been doing victims' advocacy, I've never had a victim call me and say they were relieved and gratified that the man that sodomized them is supposed to pray more now.

While the victim in this case was involved in an illicit transaction, it does not mean that it was a death penalty offense. He was executed. That shooter fired three times.