The document is divided into seven articles, with selected sub- categories: (1) General Considerations (reliance on the sound judgment of DOJ officers and employees, victims' rights and services in cases with large numbers of victims, victims' declination of services); (2) Guidelines Applicable to All Components (mandatory reporting of compliance with Attorney General Guidelines, reporting suspected cases of child abuse, victim privacy); (3) Victims' Rights (best efforts to accord rights, rights of crime victims); (4) Services to Victims and Witnesses (investigation, prosecution and corrections stages); (5) Restitution (plea agreements, interaction between restitution and asset forfeiture, limitation on liability); (6) Guidelines for Child Victims and Child Witnesses (investigation/forensic interviewing of child victims and witnesses, prosecutions involving child victims and child witnesses); and (7) Nonlitigability. Appendixes
Attorney General Guidelines for Victim and Witness Assistance (2000)
NCJ Number
178249
Date Published
December 1999
Length
109 pages
Annotation
This document contains guidelines for officers and employees of Department of Justice (DOJ) investigative, prosecutorial and correctional agencies in the treatment of victims of and witnesses to crime.
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