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VICTIMS'
RIGHTS HISTORY
2005
The U. S. Department of Justice establishes an online national sex
offender registry that provides
real-time access to public sex offender data.
The U. S. House of Representatives establishes the first congressional
Victims' Rights Caucus to
advocate for crime victim interests in Congress in a bipartisan manner
without infringing on the
rights of the accused.
The U. S. Attorney General issues an updated Attorney General Guidelines
for Victim and
Witness Assistance.
The U.S. Department of
Defense announces a new sexual assault policy that creates a military-
wide definition of sexual assault, sets a baseline standard for
prevention and response training
for armed services, and requires all military installations to have a
sexual assault response
coordinator with a staff of victim advocates.
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