Advocates Fear Sharp Decline In U.S. Aid To Crime Victim Agencies
Crime victim advocates are worried that the federal Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) Fund, which supports thousands of state and local...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 17, 20221 min read
9/11 Victims On Verge of Winning $3 Billion More in Aid
Families of 9/11 victims, disgruntled over their exclusion from a 2015 fund for victims of state-sponsored terrorism, stand to reap...
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By Zeina Elqadah
Nov 14, 20222 min read
How Police Body Worn Camera Policies Can Be 'Victim Sensitive'
Body-worn cameras (BWCs) are a fairly new policing technology that agencies throughout the U.S. use to document police and community...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 26, 20222 min read
Is DOJ Victim-Settlement Policy Too Late To Save Boeing Deal?
Justice Department officials promised to pay more attention to victims when negotiating criminal settlements. The new policy might have...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 24, 20222 min read
Boeing Plea Deal Violated Victims' Rights: Judge
In a broad repudiation of the Justice Department's approach to prosecuting Boeing for crashes of its 737 Max planes, a federal district...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 7, 20222 min read
Survey: Crime Victims Want Help, Not Just Punishment
The justice system is too punitive toward offenders and too neglectful of crime victims’ needs, according to a new national survey of...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 2, 20221 min read
Pro-Reform Victims Group Launches Voter Drive
A national crime victims advocacy group that favors criminal justice reform is mounting a get-out-the-vote campaign targeting 100,000...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 30, 20222 min read
Baltimore Report on Victim Aid Kept on Ice for a Year
Earlier this month, Baltimore officials held a press conference to announce the damning conclusions in a Justice Department report on the...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 14, 20222 min read
Baltimore Vows to Improve Crime Victim Aid After Critical Report
Poor treatment of crime victims and their families by Baltimore police officers is common in a city where shootings and homicides occur...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 8, 20222 min read
Are Families of Those Killed in Boeing Crashes 'Crime Victims'?
The Justice Department argues that the 346 people killed when their flawed Boeing 737s crashed are not crime victims under federal law,...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 27, 20221 min read
Podcasts Feature Crime Survivors, 'The Power of the Personal Story'
During national Crime Victims Rights week, the National Criminal Justice Association launched a new podcast series, "Crime Survivors, the...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 7, 20221 min read
Marathon Bomber's COVID Stimulus Going To Victims
A federal judge agreed to let federal prosecutors use convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s $1,400 COVID-19 stimulus...
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