Victims' rights are legal rights afforded to victims of crime. These may include the right to restitution, the right to a victims' advocate, the right...

A victims' rights group is a type of advocacy group which advocates or lobbies for legal, social or political change on behalf of victims of serious crime...

In the United States, the Victims' Rights Amendment is a provision which has been included in some states' constitutions, proposed for other states, and...

week and raise awareness about victims' rights and services. Office for Victims of Crime's National Crime Victims' Rights Week observance website v t e...

enumerates the rights afforded to victims in federal criminal cases and victims of offenses committed in the District of Columbia. The Act grants victims the following...

Nicholas in 1983, she helped build Justice for Homicide Victims, one of California's early victims' rights organizations. Her late daughter is the namesake for...

January 16, 1924 – July 10, 1992) was an American activist for the rights of crime victims, and the mother of actress Sharon Tate. After Sharon Tate and several...

After a sexual assault or rape, victims are often subjected to scrutiny and, in some cases, mistreatment. Victims undergo medical examinations and are...

Marsy's Law, the California Victims' Bill of Rights Act of 2008, enacted by voters as Proposition 9 through the initiative process in the November 2008...

California's victims' rights movement after the death of his stepdaughter, Marsalee (Marsy) Nicholas, in 1983. He was the husband of victims' rights advocate...