HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF VICTIMS RIGHTS
IN THE UNITED STATES
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The information on this page is a brief summary of some of the important landmark occurrences in the history of the victim's rights movement in the United States. A more complete version of this outline can be found in the National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Resource Guide 2005, sponsored by the Office for Victims of Crime. The Outline was compiled by the National Victim Center with the support and assistance of the U. S. Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime, Victims’ Assistance Legal Organization, Inc. (VALOR), and the many national, state, and local victim service providers who offered documentation of their key victims’ rights landmark activities.