Title: Office for Victims of Crime

Source/Sponsoring Agency: United States. Office of Justice Programs. Office for Victims of Crime

URL: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/welcome.html

Date Checked: 12/31/1899      Status: Active

Date Annotated: 4/19/1999

Topics: Criminal Law; Elder Law; Family Law; Foreign Law; Indian Law; Torts; Women and the Law

Other keywords: Victims of Crime

Contents: The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) provides funding and grants to programs offering assistance and compensation to crime victims, as well as training for program workers; their website is geared principally for the public rather than the legal profession. A search engine retrieves statewide reports, bulletins, and chapters from training publications on assisting victims, in pdf. or text versions. The "Help for Victims" section lists resources and programs available; this section is broken down into numerous categories besides the expected ones of sexual assault and child abuse, such as campus crime, elder abuse, stalking, kids as victims, workplace crime, and American Indians. The site also includes the text of the International Crime Victims Compensation Program Directory, which covers European and some North American and Asian nations.

Author of Annotation: Anne Carson