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Chapter 18 Victims’ Rights

Chapter 18 Victims’ Rights. This chapter examines victims’ rights including: Restitution Victim’s compensation programs Victim’s impact statement Victims’ service providers. Increased Awareness of Victims’ Rights. Forgotten person in criminal justice system

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Chapter 18 Victims’ Rights

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  1. Chapter 18Victims’ Rights • This chapter examines victims’ rights including: • Restitution • Victim’s compensation programs • Victim’s impact statement • Victims’ service providers

  2. Increased Awareness of Victims’ Rights • Forgotten person in criminal justice system • 1982—Task Force on Victims of Crime • 1984—Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) established • 1995—first National Victim Assistance Academy

  3. Violence Against Women Act • VAWA enacted 1994 • National Institute of Justice (NIJ) mandated to • Develop research agenda • Assess state databases • Study abusive relationships • Examine Battered Woman Syndrome

  4. Restitution • 1982 task force report recommended requiring judges to order restitution. • Restitution can be traced to the 1930s. • An effort to make the offender aware of the effects of his or her crime • Advance the concept of personal responsibility • Punishment to the offender

  5. Compensation • 1984—VOCA • Victim compensation is direct payment to or on behalf of a crime victim • Payment for medical bills, mental health counseling, funeral costs, and lost wages

  6. Victim Impact Statements • Presented to the trial court before sentencing by victim or victim’s representative • Designed to help the sentencing judge understand the impact of the crime on the victim • Payne v. Tennessee

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