VII. AcknowledgmentsAlison Parker, deputy director of the US Program of Human Rights Watch, wrote this report based on research conducted by the author and by Sarah Tofte, researcher in the US Program. David Fathi, director of the US Program; Jamie Fellner, senior counsel in the US Program; Elizabeth Calvin, advocate in the Children’s Rights Division; Aisling Reidy, senior legal advisor; and Joseph Saunders, deputy director of the Program Office, reviewed the report. Ashoka Mukpo and Fitzroy Hepkins provided production assistance. Human Rights Watch is grateful to the many individuals and organizations that facilitated our research and agreed to be interviewed for this report. We are especially grateful to Jennifer Bishop Jenkins, who gave us the initial idea for this report, and to Susan Smith Howley, director of public policy at the National Center for Victims of Crime, who provided detailed comments on an early draft of this report. The US Program of Human Rights Watch gratefully acknowledges the financial support of Peter B. Lewis and the John Merck Fund. |