NCJ Number
122568
Date Published
1990
Length
124 pages
Annotation
In 1989, the Hawaii Criminal Injuries Compensation Commission awarded 463 claims, denied 138 claims, and had 14 claims withdrawn from consideration; the commission tries to focus on providing personal, efficient service to victims.
Abstract
Over 80 percent of the awards were for assault, 12 percent for sexual assault, five percent for homicide, and one percent for kidnapping. The monetary awards were based on medical expenses, pain, funeral costs, and loss of earnings. The Commission works closely with State Victim Assistance offices, which have increased their programs from servicing victims who are prosecuting their known assailants to include victims of unidentified criminals. Reasons for claim denials include mutual provocation, unresolved conflicting statements, same household cases, no police report filed, uncovered crimes, no prosecution of known suspect, lack of cooperation, collateral sources, no physical evidence of a crime, victim involvement in an illegal activity, lapse of 18-month reporting period, and lack of commission jurisdiction. 3 figures, 3 tables, 4 appendixes.