Crime Victim Rights Manual—Revised Edition
© 2005–April 2009

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This manual for judges and other interested court employees provides information about:

• The Crime Victim's Rights Act and other statutes protecting crime victims
• The safety, confidentiality, and other personal/psychological concerns of crime victims
• Restitution and crime victim compensation from the Crime Victims Services Commission

The first edition of the Crime Victim Rights Manual was supported by Crime Victim Assistance Grant Award CVA #20725-1V98, awarded to the Michigan Judicial Institute by the Michigan Crime Victim Services Commission.

• Crime Victim Rights Manual (14.03MB PDF. If you're having trouble viewing the benchbook, right click the benchbook link and select "save as" and download the pdf file to your desktop. Then open the file from your local drive.)

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