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Posted May 18, 2007

Victims' Rights and Services:  An Overview for New Legislators Audio CD

Victims’ rights and services are a perennial issue before state lawmakers and often are a priority concern of their constituents.  Veteran legislators, as well as those new to a state legislature, benefit from being familiar with and up-to-date on policies that affect crime victims.  This audio program highlights key areas of victims' rights and services law and how actions of state legislatures continue to improve, expand and enforce these laws.  It provides members new to criminal justice or judiciary committees- and others- with the basic tenets of victims' law.  It draws from the discussions of legislators, agency heads and other criminal justice system officials at various NCSL forums, as well as from NCSL research, to describe basic victims' measures in the states.  For a pdf version of the CD insert, click here.

If you would like to listen to the different tracks of the audio CD, click on the following links:

Track 1:  Introduction:  www.ncsl.org/podcasts/Victims_Rights/1_Introduction.mp3 (2 minutes, 57 seconds)

Track 2:  Issue Areas:  www.ncsl.org/podcasts/Victims_Rights/2_Issue_Areas.mp3 (24 minutes, 46 seconds)

Track 3:  Compliance and Measuring Victim Satisfaction:  www.ncsl.org/podcasts/Victims_Rights/3_Compliance.mp3 (2 minutes, 48 seconds)

Track 4:  Conclusion:  www.ncsl.org/podcasts/Victims_Rights/4_Conclusion.mp3 (1 minute, 26 seconds)

If you would like a copy of the Audio CD, please contact Vicky McPheron at (303) 856-1343 or mailto:cj-info@ncsl.org?subject=[Victims' Rights]. 

Preparation of this CD audio was supported by Grant No. 2002-VF-GX-0006, awarded by the Office for Victims of Crime, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, and conclusions expressed in this CD audio are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.

The Office for Victims of Crime is a component of the Office of Justice Programs, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

For more information on the Office of Justice Programs, visit http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/.

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