"Police referrals of crime victims to compensation sources: An empirical analysis of attitudinal and structural impediments." Police Quarterly 7(3):372-393.Fritsch, E. J., Caeti, T. J., Tobolowsky, P. M., & Taylor, R. W. (2004). Police referrals of crime...
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...
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 Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (VOCA) was an attempt by the federal government to help the victims of criminal actions through means other than punishment of the criminal. It created a federal victims-compensation account funded by fines assessed in federal criminal convictions, and it establis...
Criminal injuries compensation : social remedy or political palliative for victims of crime? The opening chapter details the history of Canadian schemes for criminal injuries compensation, outlining certain of their characteristics, and relating them to other sociolegal trends affecting crime victims. ...
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 ...
expenses qualify for compensation? OCVC may provide compensation for these UNREIMBURSED expenses related to the crime: Medical, dental, and prescriptionsCounseling and Rehabilitation for the victimGrief counseling for families of homicide victims
This article comprises an overview of the principal normative and operational issues that arise in both common and civil law states' arrangements for the compensation and reparation of victims of crime. Balancing what are inevitably generalized statements about jurisdictions within federal common law count...
Since 1984, the Fund has served as a foundation for the Federal Government's support of crime victim services, primarily through State compensation and assistance programs and as a model that some States followed in developing their own victim funding mechanisms. However, additional sources of ...