NCVLI’s Victim Law Library

Welcome to NCVLI’s Victim Law Library. This library contains laws and educational material about crime victims’ rights. Feel free to browse the various topics available to you.

Please note that the information contained on this web site is educational and intended for informational purposes only. It does not constitute legal advice, nor does it substitute for legal advice.

Victims’ Rights Laws

Each state has passed statutes or constitutional amendments providing crime victims with rights in the criminal justice process. NCVLI’s compilation of victims’ rights laws provide the text of the most prominent victims’ rights laws of each jurisdiction, including the state’s victims’ rights constitutional amendment if one exists.  Click here to access the compilation of victims’ rights laws by state.

NCVLI Victim Law Publications

This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of NCVLI publications.  Please contact NCVLI at ncvli@lclark.edu for additional publications.  NCVLI is working on developing a comprehensive publications webpage - stay tuned for details!

Hot Off The Presses

NCVLI’s bi-annual newsletter, Newsletter of Crime Victim Law, contains legal articles highlighting cutting-edge victims’ rights issues confronting victims nationwide and providing legal analysis, arguments, and citations, and crafting practical tips on how to protect victims and overcome hurdles to assertion and enforcement of rights.  Read our most recent Newsletter below.