Author: Kelly Koppenhafer

Restitution and Victims of Child Exploitation

Years ago, while working as an analyst processing evidence in child exploitation cases, I met a victim of one of the most widely circulated child pornography series to date. While the abuse occurred when the victim was ten and eleven, I met her right before she started college, after her fugitive father was arrested and […]

Retraumatized: the long-term consequences of victim blaming

An article I recently read disgusted me to my core. Although the case is still under litigation and additional details are pending release, the article discussed how a teenage rape victim is being blamed for allowing the attack to happen, with “contributory negligence, assumption of risk, contributory fault and/or culpable conduct” (Fonrouge, 2021) attributed to […]