victimless crime- an act that is legally a crime but that seem to have no victims; "he considers prostitution to be a victimless crime" crime,criminal offence,criminal offense,law-breaking,offense,offence- (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long reco...
16:201 made the law, and he was the victim, the prosecutor and the judge in one person, also he himself carried out the punishment that took the form of revenge . . . ,"3 Each person, as victim, made his demands whichDrobny, Pablo JSt.louis U.l.j...
During the 1970s many states enacted victim compensation statutes, which authorize payment of money from the public treasury to crime victims so that they are not forced to bear the full burden of the crime. Although compensation can be provided for lost earnings, medical expenses, and the repla...
Oklahoma Crime Victims Compensation helps Oklahoma crime victims get assistance. OCVC helps crime victims find Oklahoma crime victims compensation benefits.
Many provisions of the Texas law were based on the Uniform Crime Victims Reparations Act, but it differs from this act by restricting who may recover, what may be recovered, and in establishing an escrow fund. The compensation act awards compensation to victims placed in financial stress by ...
Crime Victim Assistance Program Counselling Guidelines (2003) GuidingPrinciples CounsellingObjectives Where counselling services expenseshave been awarded victim,immediate family member witnessunder followingguiding principles apply: CrimeVictim Assistance Program provides counselling benefits eligiblevictims, immediate ...
An examination of the impact of victimization on those who are victimized, their response to the crimes and the services needed for crime victims. It looks at the traditional victims, women and children, as well as some usually neglected groups such as victims of abuse of power and state terr...
Such reparation was paid only if the criminal was not caught. Society has since made progress.Denenberg, Herbert SIns.l.jDenenberg, H. S. (1970). Compensation for the victims of crime: Justice for the victim as well as the criminal. Connecticut Insurance Law Journal, 628-635....
State-funded victims of crime compensation schemes exist in all eight Australian states and territories with the broad purpose of providing monetary awards to victims of crime in recognition of the harm they have suffered. For victims of family violence, the provision of compensation represents good ...
The article begins with some general observations about the ways in which compensation and reparation by offenders and compensation by the state form elements in a state's overall objectives for victims within its criminal justice system, and addresses the question of what we might understand by '...