This week
(April 6 to 12, 2014) is the 2014 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week.
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SOURCE: http://ovc.ncjrs.gov/ncvrw/)
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Crime
Victims' Rights Week is an annual commemoration in the United States that promotes victims' rights and
services. The week is marked by an award ceremony held in Washington, D.C., in which individuals and
organizations that demonstrate outstanding service in supporting victims and
victim services are recognized. The exact date of the observance varies year to
year, but it is always in the month of April.
Established
by Ronald
Reagan in 1981 as a part of an expanding initiative to provide for victims
of crimes (later manifested in Executive Order 12360, signed in 1982, which established
the President's Task Force on Victims of Crime), Crime Victims' Rights Week is
sponsored by the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC).
Several states and localities conduct local events to mark the week, as do
private victim rights organizations like the National Organization for Victim
Assistance.
PLEASE GO
TO THE FOLLOWING LINKS TO LEARN MORE:
1. Resource Guide
2. NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMS’ RIGHTS WEEK
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