Securing rights for victims [electronic resource] : a process evaluation of the National Crime Victim Law Institute's victims' rights clinics / Robert C. Davis [and others]
Clinics have dealt with a range of victims' rights issues in trial courts, including the rights to be present, to be consulted about plea offers, to make an impact statement, to be notified of changes in defendants' detention status, to restitution, and to privacy. However, the principal i...
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RAND,
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Table of Contents:
- The development of crime victims' rights in the United States
- National Crime Victim Law Institute and clinic goals
- Victims' rights developments in clinic states
- Clinic operations
- Outreach and sources of clients
- Clinic work in trial courts
- Clinic work at the appellate level
- Implementation challenges
- Clinic successes and promising practices
- Conclusions and recommendations.