VICTIMS' RIGHTS HISTORY
 

1979     Frank Carrington, considered by many to be the father of the victims’ rights 

             movement, founds the Crime Victims’ Legal Advocacy Institute, Inc., to promote    

             the rights of crime victims in the civil and criminal justice systems. The non-profit 

             organization was renamed VALOR, the Victims’ Assistance Legal Organization, 

             Inc., in 1981.