IMPORTANT LINKS
Find Out the Status of Your Offender After Conviction:
1. National Victim Notification Network
A. This service allows crime victims to obtain timely and reliable information about
criminal cases and the custody status of offenders 24 hours a day. Victims and
other concerned citizens can also register to be notified by phone, email, or TTY
device when an offender’s custody status changes.
B. This document contains information about victim’s rights, services, and criminal
and juvenile justice for all 50 states.
C. All states give victims of crime a right to be notified of the offender’s escape
and of any parole hearing or parole release. Most states also notify victims of other
types of release or transfer. A state may give victims the right to be notified of any
or all of the following:
· Escape
· Recapture
· Earliest possible release date
· Transfer to another prison
· Change in security status
· Transfer to a mental institution
· Death of the offender in prison
· Post-conviction DNA testing
· Parole Application
· Parole hearing
· Parole release
· Release upon completion of sentence
· Pardon/clemency application
· Pardon/clemency hearing
· Pardon/clemency release
2. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
A. Office of Victim and Survivor Rights and Service
B. Victim Services – Lifer parole process, request for adult
offender information, etc.
C. Parole Hearing Schedule – For lifers by month.
D. Request For Victim Services and Restitution Collection -
CDCR form 1707. Includes notification of release request,
request for special conditions of parole, request for restitution collection.
3. California Office of Attorney General – Victim Services.
Includes FAQ’s, resources, victim notification, victim rights including those
regarding parole hearings.
Victim Compensation and Restitution Recovery:
1. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Request For Victim Services and Restitution Collection –
CDCR form 1707. Includes notification of release request, request
for special conditions of parole, request for restitution collection.
2. California Victim Compensation and Government
Claims Board
This resource can help pay bills and expenses to those injured or threatened
with physical injury in a violent crime, such as:
· Medical and dental treatment
· Mental health services
· Income loss
· Funeral and burial expenses
· Loss of support, for dependents when a victim is killed or
disabled because of a crime
· Job retraining
· Home or vehicle modifications
· Home security
· Relocation
· Insurance co-payments
· Crime scene cleanup
· Medically necessary equipment such as a wheelchair
· Childcare services, when a caregiver is killed or disabled
because of a crime
The fund receives 100% of its revenues from restitution fines, diversion fees,
restitution orders, and penalties paid by offenders convicted of crimes.
Video overview of services provided:
http://www.vcgcb.ca.gov/resources/video.aspx
Non-Profit Victim Assistance:
1. Justice For All – Through private citizen and corporate membership exerts
the social and legislative influence necessary to effect positive change in the
criminal justice system.
2. MurderVictims.com – This resource provides the following:
o Victims’ Voice Memorials – Survivors of murder victims
can post testimony, telling their stories, what happened
to them and their loved ones.
o List of resources where the murder remains unsolved.
o Victim Impact Statements – Guidebooks by state, Canada
and Australia, plus six sample statements.
o Parole Protest Help – Advice for keeping your killer in prison
when coming up for parole, plus guidelines for writing
an effective Parole Protest Letter.
3. NationalCenter For Missing Adults – Operates as the national
clearinghouse for missing adults, providing services and coordination between
various governmental agencies, law enforcement, media, and the families of
missing adults. They also maintain a national database of missing adults
determined to be endangered or otherwise at risk.
Crime Statistics:
1. The Disaster Center - Provides US crime statistics for the whole
country, by state, and by community from 1960-2006.
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