This course builds upon the foundation of Adversity, Trauma and Victimization to explore deeply the legal interplay between victim rights and the criminal justice system.  Students will engage in detailed analysis of victim rights law and their juxtaposition with constitutional and other protections for criminal defendants.  Students will contemplate fair statutory structures to ensure appropriate and inclusive victim input into justice systems and will develop a detai8led proposal for establishing, safeguarding or expanding victim rights.