FACTSHEET:
Child Victims and the Law
The law has traditionally treated children differently than other victims. State criminal codes define many crimes against children separately from the same offenses committed against adults.
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Newsletter: Fall 2004: Just the Facts"Most crime victims do not access the victim compensation available to them through their state's compensation program. In 2002, compensation applications represented only four percent of violent crime victimizations." -The National Center for Victims of Crime, Repairing the Harm: A New Vision for Crime Victim Compensation in America (2004). Read the full report online: www.ncvc.org/victimcomp ← previous article | next article → |
Voices and Faces:
Nobuko Nagaoka 
"I guess the thing that I am proudest of is that I didn't turn back, that I'm still here all these years later. I kept going because I had no choice, but I'm glad that I did."
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Denise
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