COMMISSION ON VICTIM WITNESS ASSISTANCE - FINAL EVALUATION REPORT

• NCJ Number: 41587
• Author(s): P B BURKE; J DUNLOP; P A FENRICH; R H HARRISON; K M MILES; H S PRESCOTT
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 77 pages
• Corporate Author: Arthur D Little, Inc
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Program/Project Description
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS EVALUATION OF THE SECOND YEAR OF OPERATION OF THE VICTIM WITNESS ASSISTANCE COMMISSION FOCUSES ON THE SERVICES PROVIDED, THE OBJECTIVES ACHIEVED, AND THE IMPACT ON DISTRICT ATTORNEYS, VICTIMS, AND WITNESSES.

Abstract

THE OBJECTIVE OF THE COMMISSION WAS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO CRIME VICTIMS AND WITNESSES AND TO POINT OUT THE VALIDITY OF SUCH VICTIM-WITNESS SERVICES TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE. SPECIFIC ACTIVITY GOALS OF THE COMMISSION WERE INSTITUTION OF FORMAL, ORGANIZED VICTIM-WITNESS ASSISTANCE UNITS IN AT LEAST TEN NON-PARTICIPATING DISTRICT ATTORNEYS' OFFICES, DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLICATION OF A VICTIM-WITNESS ASSISTANCE MANUAL FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEYS, DELIVERY OF INFORMATION AND REFERRALS TO VICTIMS AND WITNESSES, AND DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION ON VICTIM-WITNESS PROGRAMS TO THE PUBLIC AND DISTRICT ATTORNEYS. INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT ARE A SUMMARY OF THE EIGHT VICTIM WITNESS UNITS FUNDED THROUGH THE COMMISSION, AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS AND IMPACT OF THE COMMISSION, SUGGESTIONS ON REPLICATING VICTIM-WITNESS ASSISTANCE EFFORTS AND PROGRAMS, AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COMMISSION'S CENTRAL STAFF....DMC