NCVLI is a national non-profit legal advocacy organization whose mission is to actively promote balance and fairness in the justice system through crime victim centered legal advocacy, education, and resource sharing.

Learn more about our mission & values.

Victims’ Rights Matter

Below you will find compelling examples of the important, real-life impact that standing up for victims’ rights can have in ensuring justice.

• Fighting the Myth of Victimless Crimes
• Fighting for a Victim’s Dignity and Privacy
• Fighting When No One Else Can

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History of NCVLI and Victims’ Rights

The Modern Crime Victims’ Rights Movement began more than 30 years ago and aspired to improve the treatment of crime victims in the criminal justice system. NCVLI was conceived in 1997 by Professor Doug Beloof to be a national resource for crime victim practitioners and victims to support the assertion and enforcement of victims’ rights in criminal and civil processes.  Click here to learn more about NCVLI’s history and the history of victims’ rights.

Strong Leadership

NCVLI is fortunate to have the leadership of an incredibly talented Board of Directors and team of staff who collectively have decades of deep experience in the victims’ rights field.  Learn more about our Board of Directors and our Staff.

Sound Financials

During this past fiscal year (2010-2011), NCVLI’s work was funded predominately by federal grants derived not from tax dollars but from fines, penalty assessments, and bond forfeitures of convicted federal criminal offenders.  During this same period, NCVLI spent 92% of its total expenses on program services.  NCVLI is committed to ensuring that its rights enforcement work continues long into the future. To learn more about our funding, click here.  For further financial and tax information, click here.

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What our Partners are Saying

 

“If the rights of crime victims are to be vigorously protected and their needs addressed with care and compassion, two things are clear:  Crime victims need lawyers and advocates, and their lawyers and advocates need NCVLI.” 

 -Steve Twist, President, Arizona Voice for Crime Victims

“I join many others who celebrate the accomplishments of NCVLI.  Its appellate briefs, its nurturing of free clinics, and its teachings have all left their mark.  There is now a growing, institutionalized intolerance of victim maltreatment in the justice system, and NCVLI is at the center of that profound reform movement.”

- John Stein, International Organization for Victim Assistance