Primer Crime Victim's Rights

Primer Crime Victim's Rights
Author: United States Sentencing Commission
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2019-09-19
Genre:
ISBN: 9781688963566

This primer provides a general overview of crime victims' rights under the Crime Victims' Rights Act ("CVRA"), as described in 18 U.S.C. � 3771, the related provisions of the Mandatory Victim Restitution Act ("MVRA") and the Victim and Witness Restitution Act ("VWRA"), and the Amy, Vicky, and Andy Child Pornography Victim Assistance Act of 2018. The Sentencing Guidelines implement the CVRA through USSG �6A1.5 and the related restitution provisions through USSG ��5E1.1 and 8B1.1.

Victims' Rights

Victims' Rights
Author: Douglas E. Beloof
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2012-04-06
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

This invaluable one-stop reference source supplies students and general readers with historical and current information on the victims' rights revolution in the United States, providing analysis on everything from human rights reports to Supreme Court cases that allows the reader to fully understand these documents. Victims' rights represent the greatest change in the criminal justice system within the last 30 years. Victims' Rights: A Documentary and Reference Guide traces the origins, evolution, and results of the victims' rights movement. It puts victims' rights in a legal, historical, and contemporary context, and comprehensively collects important victims' rights documents in a single volume—perfect for students as well as general readers. Bringing together dozens of varied documents such as presidential task force reports and recommendations, Supreme Court cases, state constitutions, human rights reports, critical articles, and political documents, this book is an indispensable resource for those seeking to understand the origins and modern consequences of American victims' rights policy. The author's accompanying commentary and analysis helps the reader to gain a complete comprehension of the significance of these documents, while numerous bibliographic sources provide additional resources for interested readers.

Crime Victims' Rights Act

Crime Victims' Rights Act
Author: Charles Doyle
Publisher: Nova Publishers
Total Pages: 104
Release: 2008
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781604565256

Legal reform in the name of victims of crime began to appear in state and federal law in the 1960's. It can be seen in victim restitution and compensation laws, in the reform of rape laws, drunk driving statutes, bail laws, and in provisions for victim impact statements at sentencing, to name a few. Over time in many jurisdictions these specific victim provisions were joined by a more general, more comprehensive victims' bills of rights. Thus, by the close of the twentieth century, thirty-three states had added victims' rights amendments to their state constitutions and each of the states had general statutory declarations of victims' rights.

Crime Victim Rights and Remedies

Crime Victim Rights and Remedies
Author: Peggy M. Tobolowsky
Publisher:
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2001
Genre: Law
ISBN:

Prior to the emergence of a victims' movement in this country in the 1970s, crime victims had only limited formal rights and remedies in the modern American justice system. With the active encouragement of those involved in the victims' movement and guidance supplied by a national Task Force on Victims of Crime, convened by President Reagan in 1982, federal and state authorization of crime victim rights and remedies has increased exponentially in recent years. In fact, it has been estimated that there are currently tens of thousands of statutes which directly or indirectly affect crime victim rights and interests, as well as victim-related constitutional provisions in a majority of states. Tobolowsky describes the constitutional and legislative provisions addressing the principal crime victim rights and remedies and leading judicial opinions that have interpreted them. In addition to presenting the current state of law in this area, the text describes the status of implementation of these rights and remedies, relevant empirical research, and a sampling of the pertinent policy analysis. This comprehensive portrait of the past and current status of crime victims rights and remedies in this country will inform the continued evolution of law and practice in this area.

Securing Rights for Victims

Securing Rights for Victims
Author: Robert C. Davis
Publisher: Rand Corporation
Total Pages: 137
Release: 2009-12-18
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0833049437

This book discusses how some clinics have won significant gains at the appellate and federal court levels concerning victim standing, the rights to be consulted and heard, and the right to privacy. Some have won significant victories in gaining standing for victims and expanding the definition of particular rights. Others are enjoined in the battle. But all have raised awareness of victims' rights in the justice system.