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.

Reprint/Reproduction Request.  The material in all NCVLI publications is copyrighted and may be reprinted and/or reproduced by permission only.  For reprint permissions and information, please send your inquiry to ncvli@lclark.edu.

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 quarterly publication, Crime Victim Law Update, summarizes recent court decisions affecting victims’ rights in state and federal courts nationwide.  To access NCVLI’s complete database of crime victims’ rights cases—available to paid members of the National Alliance of Victims’ Rights Attorneys— please visit www.navra.org.  Read our most recent CVLU below.

To download a PDF version of the Update, click here.

NCVLI’s publication, Victim Law Bulletin, provides in-depth analysis of important topics relating to the assertion and enforcement of crime victims’ rights and offers practice tips. Read our most recent Bulletin, “Polyvictims:  Victims’ Rights Enforcement as a Tool to Mitigate “Secondary Victimization” in the Criminal Justice System” below.

To download a PDF version of the Bulletin, click here.