Victims' Services Providers- Technical Assistance

In addition to providing information and referrals, the Center provides legal research on victims’ issues for service providers. 

Upon request, the Center performs special research for other victim service providers. Past research topics have included prosecution of criminal cases by private parties; the charging of kidnapping as a special circumstance in murder; return of property held in evidence; subpoena access to Victims of Crime Act claim files; statutory requirements for the amount a judge must order for restitution fines; the appropriateness of victim impact statements in capital cases; and attendance of support people at court hearings and proceedings in sexual assault cases.