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Alabama Office of Victim Assistance. Alabama Office of Attorney General. 
 
Alabama Crime Victims Rights. Alabama Office of Attorney General.  

Alabama Crime Victims’ Compensation Commission. Alabama Office of Attorney General.
 

Alaska

Alaska Office of Victims’ Rights. Alaska Legislature.

Office of Victims’ Rights 2007 Annual Report. Alaska Office of Victims Rights.

 

Arizona

Victim Services. Arizona Office of Attorney General.

 

Victim Compensation/Restitution. Arizona Office of Attorney General.

 

Victims’ Rights Complaints. Arizona Office of Attorney General.

 

Arkansas

Arkansas Crime Victims Reparations Program. Arkansas Attorney General.

 

California

Office of Victims’ Services. California Office of the Attorney General.

 

Victims’ Bill of Rights. California Constitution.

 

Sexual Assault Victims’ DNA Bill of Rights. California Code Title 17, Penal Code Section 680.

 

Colorado

Colorado Organization for Victim Assistance.

 

Victim Services. Colorado Department of Corrections.

 

Connecticut

Office of Victim Services. State of Connecticut, Judicial Branch.

 

Article XXIX: Rights of Victims of Crime. Constitution of the State of Connecticut.  

 

Delaware

Victims Guide. Delaware Attorney General.

 

District of Columbia

Victim Assistance. District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department.

 

Crime Victim Bill of Rights. District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department.

 

Crime Victims Compensation Program. District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department.

 

Florida

Crime Victims’ Services.   Florida Office of the Attorney General.

 

Crime Victims’ Bill of Rights. Florida Office of the Attorney General.

 

Victims Rights in Court and Clemency Proceedings. Florida Office of the Attorney General.

 

Filing for Compensation in Florida. Florida Office of the Attorney General.

 

Georgia

Victim’s Assistance. State of Georgia.

 

Hawaii

Crime Victim Compensation Commission. State of Hawaii, Department of Public Safety.

 

How do I Apply for Compensation? State of Hawaii, Department of Public Safety.

 

Idaho

Crime Victim Assistance.  State of Idaho, The Office of Attorney General.

 

Information for Crime Victims and Witnesses. The Office of Attorney General (April 2005).

 

Idaho Manual on the Rights of Victims of Crime. The Office of Attorney General (July 2004).

 

Illinois

Helping Crime Victims.  Illinois Attorney General.

 

Crime Victim Compensation Program. Illinois Attorney General.

 

Violent Crime Victim Assistance Program. Illinois Attorney General.

 

Automated Victim Notification System. Illinois Attorney General.

 

Crime Victim Rights in Illinois. Illinois Attorney General.

 

Indiana

Victim Assistance Division. Indiana Attorney General.

 

Indiana Victim Advocacy Program. Indiana Attorney General.

 

Iowa

Crime Victim Assistance Division. Iowa Attorney General.

 

Kansas

Serving Victims. Kansas Attorney General.

 

Kansas Crime Victims Compensation Board. Kansas Attorney General.

 

Kansas Crime Victims Bill of Rights. Kansas Attorney General.

 

Kentucky

Office of Victims Advocacy. Kentucky Office of the Attorney General.

 

Louisiana

Programs and Services: Crime Victim’s Rights. Louisiana Office of the Attorney General.

 

Maine

Victims’ Compensation Program. Office of the Maine Attorney General.

 

Maryland

Victim Services. Maryland Attorney General.

 

Criminal Injuries Compensation Board. Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.

 

Victims’ Legal Rights in the Criminal Justice System. Maryland Crime Victims’ Resource Center, Inc.

 

Massachusetts

Victim and Witness Assistance.  Attorney General of Massachusetts.

 

Victims of Violent Crime Resources. Attorney General of Massachusetts.

 

Michigan

Victim Services. Michigan Department of Corrections.

 

Michigan Crime Victim Notification Network (MCVNN). Michigan Department of Corrections.

 

Crime Victim Rights Act. Michigan Department of Corrections.

 

Minnesota

Crime Victims: Rights, Programs, Agencies.  Minnesota State Legislature.

Crime Victim's Justice Unit.  Office of Justice Programs.

 

Mississippi

Crime Victim Compensation Division and Victim Assistance Program. Mississippi Office of the Attorney General.

 

Crime Prevention and Victim Services Division. Mississippi Office of the Attorney General.

 

Missouri

Crime Victims and the Attorney Generals Office. Missouri Office of the Attorney General  

 

Crime Victims’ Rights.  Missouri Office of the Attorney General.

 

Montana

Office of Victim Services. Montana Department of Justice.

 

Crime Victim Compensation. Montana Department of Justice.

 

Nebraska

Programs for Crime Victims Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice.

 

Nevada

Nevada Victims’ Bill of Rights. Nevada Attorney General.

 

Victims of Crime Program. State of Nevada, Department of Administration.

 

New Hampshire

State Office of Victim/Witness Assistance. New Hampshire Department of Justice.

 

NH Victim Bill of Rights. New Hampshire Department of Justice.

 

Victim/Witness Assistance Programs. New Hampshire Department of Justice.

 

Victim Compensation. New Hampshire Department of Justice.

 

New Jersey

Victims of Crime Compensation Agency. State of New Jersey.

 

Crime Victims Bill of Rights New Jersey Statutes. Victims of Crime Compensation Agency.

 

New Mexico

Crime Victim’s Services. New Mexico Office of the Attorney General.

 

Victim Services Program. New Mexico Corrections Department.

 

New Mexico Crime Victims Reparation Commission.

 

New York

Crime Victim’s Bill of Rights. Office of the New York State Attorney General.

 

North Carolina

North Carolina Victim Assistance Network. 

 

North Dakota

North Dakota Crime Victims and Witness Assistance.

 

Ohio

Victim Services. Attorney General, State of Ohio.

 

Victims of Crime Compensation Program. Attorney General, State of Ohio.

 

Oklahoma

Victim Services. Oklahoma Department of Corrections.

 

Oklahoma Crime Victims Compensation Program Information. Oklahoma District Attorneys Council.

 

Oregon

Crime Victims’ Assistance. Oregon Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General.

 

Crime Victims’ Compensation. Oregon Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General.

 

Pennsylvania

Office of the Victim Advocate. Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole.

 

Victims Bill of Rights. Pennsylvania Statutes. Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole.

 

Rhode Island

Victims of Crime Act. Rhode Island Justice Commission.

 

South Carolina

Victim Services Team. Rhode Island Department of the Attorney General.

Victim Assistance
. South Carolina Attorney General.

 

Victim’s Bill of Rights.  South Carolina Attorney General.

 

South Dakota

Crime Victim Services. South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation.

 

Victim’s Rights. South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation.

 

Crime Victim’s Compensation Program. South Dakota Department of Social Services.

 

Tennessee

Victim Information Services. Tennessee Office of the Attorney General and Reporter, Criminal Justice Division.

 

Criminal Injuries Compensation Program. State of Tennessee, Treasury Department.

 

Texas

Crime Victim Services. Attorney General of Texas.

 

Crime Victim Notification. Attorney General of Texas.

 

Utah

Utah Office of Crime Victim Reparations.

 

Vermont

Victim Services. Vermont Office of the Attorney General.

 

Vermont Center for Crime Victim Services.

 

Virginia

Victim Services Section. Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services.

 

Victim Notification Program. Virginia Attorney General.

 

Victim Services. Virginia Department of Corrections.

 

Washington

Office of Crime Victims Advocacy. State of Washington, Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development.

 

Help for Crime Victims. Washington State Department of Labor and Industries.

 

West Virginia

Victim Witness Assistance Program. State of West Virginia.

 

Wisconsin

Office of Crime Victim Services. Wisconsin Department of Justice, Attorney General.

 

Victim and Witness Rights in Wisconsin. Wisconsin Department of Justice, Attorney General.

 

Resources for Victims and Witnesses. Wisconsin Department of Justice, Attorney General.

 

Wyoming

Office of the Attorney General Division of Victim Services.

 

Crime Victim Compensation Program. Office of the Attorney General, Division of Victim Services.

 

Wyoming Crime Victim Bill of Rights. Office of the Attorney General, Division of Victim Services.

 

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