Jane Foraker-Thompson Papers

Jane Foraker-Thompson Papers, 1975-1994

Overview of the Collection

Title: Jane Foraker-Thompson Papers
Dates: 1975-1994 (inclusive)
19751994
Quantity: 1.5 linear feet, (3 boxes)
Collection Number: MSS 149
Summary: Program announcements, organizational papers, and reference materials for the annual Victims Rights Week program in Boise, Idaho, coordinated by Foraker-Thompson and sponsored by Boise State University, Vanguard, Inc., and other community groups, 1982-1993.
Repository: Boise State University Library, Special Collections and Archives
Special Collections and Archives
1910 University Drive
Boise ID
83725
Telephone: 2084263990
archives@boisestate.edu
Access Restrictions: Collection is available for research.
Languages: English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

In 1982 Victims Rights Week became an annual event on the Boise State University campus. Utilizing community resources, it offered seminars, panels, and activities to expose the human consequences of violence. Boise State University Criminal Justice Professor Jane Foraker-Thompson initiated the week and coordinated its events from conception in 1983 until 1995. In 1986 Boise State University and Foraker-Thompson initiated a second yearly conference designed to increase awareness to both male and female students and the community, the inter-personal dynamics surrounding sexual assault.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

In 1982 Victims Rights Week became an annual event on the Boise State University campus. This collection includes records from this event, which included a conference. Additionally, throughout the collection, Foraker-Thompson has included newsletters of organizations supporting the rights of victims. Two major groups whose activities are found in the files are the Council on Domestic Violence and Vanguard. The Council is an advisory board for the State of Idaho which monitors the monies, programs, and services affecting victims of domestic violence. The group lobbies the state legislature to consider bills which respond to the needs of victims. Vanguard was a grass roots organization co-founded by Foraker-Thompson, who served as president in 1986. Its purpose is to publicly recognize the rights and needs of violent crime victims, their trauma and recovery, and to educate the public about the many services and programs available to citizens who are victimized by violence.

In 1986 Boise State University and Foraker-Thompson initiated a second yearly conference designed to increase awareness to both male and female students and the community, the inter-personal dynamics surrounding sexual assault. Papers relating to this conference are also included in the yearly arrangement. The papers were originally kept in two large loose leaf notebooks and contain both primary and secondary sources.

This collection of papers was assembled by Foraker-Thompson during her tenure as professor of Criminal Justice at Boise State University.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

[item description], Jane Foraker-Thompson Papers, Box [number] Folder [number], Boise State University Special Collections and Archives.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

Transferred from the Boise State University Women's Center in 1995.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

BiographicalReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 3, Folder 22

Introductory MaterialsReturn to Top

Folders 1 to 10 are in arbitrary order of loose materials found in the pocket of notebook one. Foraker-Thompson included the notebook material from her activities while living in New Mexico during the 1970s. Her early interest in victims' causes is clearly visible in the retention of the published materials found in Folders 1 through 8. A vital document in this section is the 1979 proposal for the Boise's Women's Crisis Center. This is a landmark in public recognition of the often secret crisis of domestic violence.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
1	1	National Organization of Victim Assistance: Foraker-Thompson Membership	1976
1	2	New Mexico: Laws and Organizations
1	3	National Symposium on Pre-Trial Services	1979
1	4	United States Department of Justice News Release	1979
1	5	Braverman, Mara. "Victim/Witness Intimidation Rising: ABA Panel." Western Law Journal, Sept./Oct. 1979, 4-7.	1979
1	6	National Victims/Witness Strategy: Programs
1	7	Women's Crisis Center, Boise, Idaho	1979
1	8	Newsletters: N.O.V.A.	1978-1981
1	9	Newsletters: The Victim	1979-1980
1	10	State Proclamation	1982

Victims Rights Week Conferences, 1982 and 1983Return to Top

The 1982 Victims Rights Week conference focused on children as victims. The files address other issues of violence, particularly rape. A copy of the Victim and Witness Protection Act of 1982 is found in Folder 14. The papers relating to the 1983 Victims Rights Week identify the necessity of informing the public of the their rights when victims of crime. This was the purpose of the grant located in Folder 23.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
1	11	Conference Announcement: "Idaho's Kids have Problems"	1982
1	12	Church Women United	1982
1	13	Idaho: Domestic Violence Projects Grants	1982
1	14	United States: Victim and Witness Protection Act of 1982	1982
1	15	Palvic, Janice. "Rape: An Act of Violence, Part II." University News. Feb. 24 1982, 1,8.	1982
1	16	Bibliography: Working with Sexual Offenders	1982
1	17	Newsletters	1982
1	18	Nimmons, David. "Don't Be a Victim." Ladies Home Journal. Feb. 1982, 72-79	1982
1	19	Victim Characteristics	1982
1	20	Conference: "The Violent Family System"	1983
1	21	United States. Office of the Attorney General: Guidelines for the Victim and Witness Assistance	1983
1	22	Correspondence: Sexual Abuse Task Force	1983
1	23	Request for Proposal Domestic Violence Grant Project	1983
1	24	News clippings	1983

Legislation, 1984Return to Top

In 1984 there begins significant legislative awareness of victims rights. Both the United States Congress and the State Legislature introduced laws regarding victims rights. A BSU course on Criminal Victimization was taught during the fall semester of this year by Foraker-Thompson.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
1	25	United States: Victims of Crime Assistance Act	1984
1	26	United States: Victims of Crime Act	1984
1	27	United States: Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act	1984
1	28	Correspondence	1984
1	29	Idaho: Compensation for Victims of Crime	1984
1	30	Idaho Courts Annual Report	1984
1	31	BSU Course Syllabus: Criminal Victimization	1984
1	32	Sexual Assault Information Sheet	1984
1	33	Miscellaneous Publications	1984

Victim Rights Week, Legislation, Conferences, and Vanguard, Inc.Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		1985 The Crime Victims Compensation Act was passed in April 1985 through the efforts of the Council on Domestic Violence and a new grass roots organization Vanguard, Inc., whose by-laws and articles of incorporation are located in Folders 44 and 45. Another hidden issue of violence is broached in Folder 42, "Anti-Gay Violence". In her article in Folder 43, Lucy N. Friedman writes the history of the movement for the last ten years.
Box	Folder
1	34	"Aftermath of Crime"	1985
1	35	Council on Domestic Violence: Testimony, Victims Rights	1985
1	36	Council on Domestic Violence: Hearing on Funding Allocations	1985
1	37	Vanguard, Inc.	1985
1	38	Grant: Fred Meyer Charitable Trust	1985
1	39	Correspondence	1985
1	40	Idaho: Victims Rights Restitution, S.1051	1985
1	41	Idaho: Crime Victims Compensation Act, S.1001	1985
1	42	Anti-Gay Violence and Victimization Report	1985
1	43	Friedman, Lucy N. "The Crime Victim Movement at Its First Decade." Public Administration Review. Nov. 1985, 790-794.	1985
1	44	Vanguard, Inc.: By Laws	1985
1	45	Vanguard, Inc.: Articles of Incorporation	1985
1	46	United States: Federal Register: Crime Victim Assistance	1985
		1986 A candle light service and an art show emphasized the activities of Victims Rights Week in 1986. The art display on Boise States University's campus provoked protests and controversy as seen in Folders 57-61. Additional legislation in support of victims' rights was introduced in Idaho's legislature and passed.
Box	Folder
1	47	Publicity	1986
1	48	State Proclamation	1986
1	49	City of Boise Proclamation	1986
1	50	Candle Light Service	1986
1	51	Candle Light Vigil: Photos	1986
1	52	Candlelight Vigil: Victims Testimony	1986
1	53	N.O.V.A. Newsletters	1986
1	54	Vanguard, Inc.	1986
1	55	Correspondence	1986
1	56	Moot Court	1986
1	57	BSU Art Exhibit	1986
1	58	Paris Almonds Art Display: Photos	1986
1	59	Art Exhibit: Jane Foraker-Thompson Statement	1986
1	60	Art Exhibit: Newspaper Clippings	1986
1	61	John H. Keiser: Statement	1986
1	62	Council on Domestic Violence: Victims Compensation Legislation	1986
1	63	Idaho: Victims Compensation Bill: S.1368	1986
1	64	Idaho: Victims Compensation Bill: Testimony	1986
1	65	Vanguard, Inc: Grant Application	1986
1	66	BSU Course Syllabus: Criminal Victimization, CR-297/497	1986
1	67	RAVEN: Rape and Violence End Now: Newsletters	1986
1	68	Emerge: Newsletter	1986
		1987 Domestic violence again became the primary target of the 1987 conference. During the same period, state officials considered the passage of Domestic violence Crime Prevention Act. Support programs for families dealing with abuse are included in Folders 75-80.
Box	Folder
2	69	News Clippings	1987
2	70	State Proclamation	1987
2	71	Announcement	1987
2	72	Vern Lannen Scholarship Fund	1987
2	73	Idaho: Domestic Violence Crime Prevention Act	1987
2	74	National Victim Advocacy Center: Statistics	1987
2	75	Pamphlet: Idaho Law and the Battered Women	1987
2	76	Announcements: "From Victim to Survivor"	1987
2	77	Pamphlet: Marital Rape	1987
2	78	Pamphlet: Domestic Violence and Idaho Families	1987
2	79	Ada County Court Appointed Special Advocate Program	1987
2	80	YWCA Women and Children Crisis Center	1987
		1988-1989 The theme of "From Victim to Survivor" surrounded Victims Rights Week in 1988. The endorsement of the elected officials for the cause is clearly evidenced in material retained by Foraker-Thompson. Victims Rights Week 1989 was sponsored by Vanguard and included the first annual victims' rights forum. A summation of the seminar is in Vanguard's Victims' Voices, Fall 1989, Folder 87.
Box	Folder
2	81	Balloon Lift-Off: News Release	1988
2	82	Candlelight Vigil: News Release	1988
2	83	Activities: News Release	1988
2	84	Vanguard Inc.: News Release	1988
2	85	BSU Press Release	1988
2	86	Idaho: Mandatory Arrests, H.415	1988
2	87	Idaho: Domestic Violence Crime Prevention, H.636	1988
2	88	Victims Rights Notification Form	1988
2	89	News Clippings	1988
2	90	United States Proclamation	1988
2	91	Vanguard Inc.: Letter to Governor Andrus	1988
2	92	Moot Court: Rape Case	1988
2	93	Moot Court: Child Abuse Trainers Workshop Photos	1988
2	94	Candlelight Vigil: Program	1988
2	95	Candlelight Vigil: Photos	1989
2	96	Announcement: "From the Darkness of Crime...to the Light of Hope"	1989
2	97	Vanguard, Inc.: News Release	1989
2	98	Vanguard, Inc.: Correspondence	1989
2	99	Idaho: Child Sexual Abuse Legislation H.395	1989
2	100	News Clippings	1989
2	101	Support Organizations: Pamphlets	1989
		1990s The Victims' Rights Week in the 1990s continued to educate the community on the effects of violence to individuals as well as offering support to victims.
Box	Folder
2	102	Announcement	1990
2	103	State Proclamation	1990
2	104	City of Boise Proclamation	1990
2	105	Press Conference	1990
2	106	State Proclamation	1991
2	107	Announcements	1991
2	108	Moot Court Photos	1991
2	109	Pornography Exhibit: Photos	1991
2	110	BSU University News: Coverage	1991
2	111	Council on Domestic Violence: Memorandum	1991
2	112	City of Boise Proclamation	1992
2	113	Announcements	1992
2	114	News Clippings	1992
2	115	Posters	1992
2	116	Announcements	1993
2	117	City of Boise Proclamation	1993
2	118	Candlelight Ceremony	1993
2	119	Statistics	1993
2	120	Rape Information	1993
2	121	Support Groups Pamphlets	1993
2	122	Child Custody and Family Dispute Resolution	1993
2	123	Posters	1993
2	124	Honors Award: Jane Foraker-Thompson	1993
2	125	Juvenile Justice Committee: Randolph N. Stone	1993
2	126	NOVA: Newsletter	1993
2	127	Sexual Assault Awareness Week	1993
2	128	The Criminal Injustice System	1993
2	129	Juvenile Justice Committee	1993
2	130	Matthews, Anne. "Crime Turns Campus Into Armed Camp" The New York Times Magazine. March 7 1993, 38-47	1993
2	131	News Clippings	1993

5: Loose Notebook ItemsReturn to Top

Folders 132 to 139 are again loose material from notebook two. These papers identify the close relationship between women's issues and victims rights. The Vanguard information in Folder 133 includes newsletters, operational information and cooperative agreements with other victim support groups. Folder 137 contains the Idaho Statesman article profiling Foraker-Thompson and her work with victims of violence.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
2	132	Idaho Network to Stop Violence Against Women
2	133	Vanguard, Inc.
2	134	Victims Rights System
2	135	Church Women United
2	136	Idaho: Crime Victims Compensation Program
2	137	Flagg, Marianne. "Trauma's poison" Idaho. Statesman, D1-2	1988 October 4
2	138	Support Information
2	139	Bumper Sticker

Writings, 1975-1993Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
3	1	New Mexico State Police	1975-1977
3	2	Law Enforcement Needs Assessment and Manpower Assignment Study	1977
3	3	New Mexico Law Enforcement Officer Survey	1977
3	4	Review of the Problem of Traffic Fatalities Correlated with Drinking Drivers on New Mexico Highways	1977
3	5	Evaluation of Sex Crimes Investigation Course	1978
3	6	Alternatives to Prison - A More Rational Approach That Involves Accountability of the Offenders	1986
3	7	Reasons for the New Mexico Prison Riot and the Aftermath	1982
3	8	Community Crime Prevention, Treatment, Diversion - Alternatives to People Becoming Offenders	1983
3	9	Explaining Judicial Decisions to Order Restitution in the Second Judicial District Court of New Mexico	1984
3	10	Comparison of U.S. and Canadian Correctional Systems	1987
3	11	Crime & Ethics in Government: Constitutional Crisis	1988
1	12	Birth and Life of Peace and Environmental Groups Amidst the Radical Right	1989
3	13	Report to the Boise Valley Friend's Meeting on My Research and Mediation Training in South Africa	1990
3	14	Liberation and Sexism	1990
3	15	Comparative Analysis of Traditional Conflict Resolution Methods Used in the Black Townships of South America	1990
3	16	Child Care Workers on Mediation in the Schools	1990
3	17	Making the Connections - Between Personal Violence and War	1991
3	18	Violence Against Women and Children in Our Society	1991
3	19	Ethical and Practical Aftermath of the Gulf War of 1991	1991
3	20	Radical Proposal for a Phoenix Democracy	1993
3	21	Traditional Conflict Resolution Methods Used in Black Townships in South Africa	undated

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Crime
LGBTQ+ civil rights
Universities and Colleges
Victims of crimes
Women--Idaho

Corporate Names

Vanguard, Inc. (Boise, Idaho)

Geographical Names

Boise (Idaho)

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