Crime Victims
Rosa D. Zuniga
Government 2306-030
Executive Summary
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Crime Victims In the year of 1979 our Texas Legislative passed the Crime Victims’ Compensation act, this started the Compensation to Victims of Crime Fund and the Crime Victims Compensation (CVC) program (web. Crime Victims’ Compensation). This allows victims to be able to join the program to retrieve financial help when a crime is commit to them if they are eligible. There are small requirements needed to be meet the victim or family of the victims are deciding to join the CVC program. According to the website Crime Victims’ Compensation: Who is eligible? the four basic steps is; being a Texas resident or US resident, reporting the crime (the sooner the better), filing
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Looking though YouTube to find a video about the policy in Texas there was only one that came up with the others being from a different state or it was one that applied to the United States. In a website called Crime Victims’ institute releases report on victimization in Texas that’s gives the rates of different crimes in Texas. On the website, it states that the rate of families looking for assistance in shelters or hotlines has decreased over the last 5 years and the reason why is unclear (N.A., 2017). This leads me to believe that the program is not well put out to the victims, they are afraid to join, or that victims are not in much of a need for any assistance at …show more content…
In a video by AnnieAho it talks about how in Washington there program is lacking funds meaning that the office might shut down (Crime Victims Compensation Program- Annie Aho Reports, 2009). With the lack of funds being provided to the CVC program that is going to be less money given to the victims that dearly need that money for medical bill, comsaling, or
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Case Brief 3 Dan R.Cullison (Plaintiff) v Ernest W.Medley (defendant) 1. Facts of the case On February 1986, the plaintiff Cullison met Sandy Medley, a 16 year old teenager, in a grocery store parking lot and invited her over to his home. Later that day, Sandy and the rest of her family (defendants) came to Cullison’s mobile home, surrounded and verbally threatened him. Ernest who is Sandy’s father, was armed with a revolver that was strapped to his leg. He grabbed for the gun some times and shook it at Cullison during the encounter.
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Garoupa, Nuno, & Klick, Jonathan. (2006). Differential Victimization: Efficiency and Fairness Justifications for the Felony Murder Rule. FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 244. Retrieved February 21, 2018, from http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.951795.
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[Spann v. City of Dallas, 111 Tex. 350, 235 S.W. 513
This report is for documentation only, as the victim has declined prosecution. Case Status:
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Sandel, Michael J. (2009). Justice: What’s the right thing to do? New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Introduction & Background Information In the book, Justice: