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National Crime Victims' Rights Week April 18th - April 24th
2010
Crime Victims' Rights: FAIRNESS. DIGNITY. RESPECT.
As advocates for the Northwest Buffalo Community Center,
Crime Victims Assistance & Advocacy Program we support,
honor, respect and listen to victim's of crime not just during
victim's rights week but everyday.
All victims of crime deserve to be treated fairly and respectfully
and in a way that preserves their dignity. Our nation's victims'
rights laws and the network of support services now available to
victims, embody these ideals.
National Crime Victims Rights Week will recall ideals that
inspired the decade-long struggle of the victims' rights
movement and challenges all Americans to honor victims' rights.
"Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve
the lot of others or strikes out against injustice, he sends
forth a tiny ripple of hope"
- Robert F. Kennedy
As of 2010 every state has passed victims' rights laws and 32
states have constitutional victims' rights amendments. All
states have victim compensation funds and more than 10,000
victim assistance programs exist throughout the country.
Such changes have made victims participants, rather than
bystanders in the criminal justice system.
For further information regarding crime victims' services and
rights please
contact our office at: (716) 876-8108, x24
***Events to be held during National Crime Victims Rights Week
2010 will be posted on the NYS Crime Victims Board website:
http://www.cvb.state.ny.us
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