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The tragedy of Victoria Martens we must prevent in the future

Posted by: cacjc / Jan 17, 2017 / Tags: Meth, New Mexico case, PROTECT OUR CHILDREN Child Abuse Prevention Training, Victoria Martens

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County Today I am sitting in my office trying to get caught up after the big snow fall in Medford. The office is officially closed in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. It is very quiet and peaceful here. I have been

Judges cares about star athlete who rapes, not about rape victim

Posted by: cacjc / Sep 2, 2016 / Tags: Aaron Persky, Brock Turner, Judge, rape, rape victims, rapists

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of The Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County As I sit here today and write this, I am thinking about how many times I have written words, spoke about or read about how victims of sexual assault continue to be impacted by the lack of appropriate punishment of their offenders.

Brock Turner: A Dangerous Unrepentant Rapist

Posted by: cacjc / Jun 7, 2016 / Tags: 20 minutes of action, alcohol abuse, Brock Turner, no consent, rape, rape victims, rapist, sexual assault

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center I am angry. I am disappointed. I am disheartened. I pay very close attention to the outcomes in rape cases across the country, especially those that are deemed “news worthy” as they tend to be a gauge of what we as a society think about

Birthday Wishes: Believe a Child or Not?

Posted by: cacjc / Apr 19, 2016 / Tags: child sexual abuse, forensic interviews, offenders, reporting child abuse, Tammi Pitzen

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County I have a birthday in April. I have no qualms about the number. I will be turning 47. 26 of those years have been spent working in one role or another in the field of child abuse. Wow! That equates to more

New Oregon laws and justice for victims

Posted by: cacjc / Jan 11, 2016 / Tags: Bill Cosby, Duggar girls, felony, justice for sex abuse victims, misdemeanor, New Oregon laws, Notre Dame Football, offender's constitutional rights, porn site, revenge porn law, sexual violence, suicide, upskirted, victim blaming

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center This week I was asked about some new laws that passed in Oregon and what they mean for victims. One extends the statute of limitations for sexual abuse. One increases penalties for people who video record or take pictures of victims during private moments and

Forgiveness on the child victim’s terms — not the offender’s

Posted by: cacjc / Jun 2, 2015 / Tags: 19 and Counting, Arkansas Department of Human Services, child pornography, forgiveness, Jim Bob Duggar, Josh Duggar, Michelle Duggar, power and control, sex offender assessment, sex offender treatment, sexual abuse victims, teenage offenders, victim recovery

By Tammi Pitzen, Director of The Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County I have been sitting back and reading about the Duggar family and the recent publicity around the oldest son and his sexually abusing (Yes, that is what it is — not a sexual indiscretion, not just a “teenager’s mistake” and certainly not

Male sexual abuse by a woman is not a rite of passage

Posted by: cacjc / May 6, 2015 / Tags: age of consent, child sexual abuse, female sexual offenders, impact of child abuse, male rite of passage, male victims child abuse, offenders, sexual assault

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County I am saddened that in today’s world, with all the knowledge we have gained around child sexual assault, that we are still in a place where society blames the victim. Particularly if the victim is a teenaged boy and the perpetrator is

A Strong Man

Posted by: cacjc / Apr 10, 2015 / Tags: A stron man, Barnyard movie, Big Idea, Child Abuse Prevention Month, Darkness to Light, Jackson County, Patriarch Cow Ben, Stewards of Children, Tammi Pitzen, United Way of Jackson County, volunteering, young cow Otis

By Tammi Pitzen, Director of The Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County I will let you in on a secret. I love animated movies. I love Disney. I love Pixar. Long before I had my son, I would watch these movies . . . usually not on the big screen, but in the privacy of

Bill Cosby, Public Trust, Silence and Blaming the Victim

Posted by: cacjc / Oct 31, 2014 / Tags: Bill Cosby, Blame the Victim, Fat Albert, Kids say the Darndest Things, Pound Cake, sexual assault statistics, The Cosby Show

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of The Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County I grew up watching the sitcoms fueled by the comic genius that is Bill Cosby. I watched “Fat Albert”. I watched “The Cosby Show”. I watched “Kids Say the Darndest Things”. I even watched the spin off from “The Cosby Show”. We

Stephen Collins: Why did no one make a report?

Posted by: cacjc / Oct 10, 2014 / Tags: 7th Heaven, abused children, celebrities, child sexual abuse, Hollywood, offenders, reporting child abuse, Stephen Collins

By Tammi Pitzen, Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County This morning started as most any other morning. I got to the office early before anyone was here. I went up to my office. Checked email. Checked voice mail. Everything was going well until I checked Facebook. Circulating was a story on Stephen

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