Since
June 19, 2013, the courts have been implementing Witness Support Services to
protect and assist victim-witnesses in sexual violence cases. These services
have now expanded to include child victims of abuse, witnesses in violent
crimes, and stalking cases who may face risks of retaliation (known as special
witnesses), as well as all other witnesses in criminal proceedings (referred to
as general witnesses), and is not limited to victim-witnesses of sexual
offens ...