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National
Crime Victims' Rights Week Each year OVC helps lead communities across the country in their observances of National Crime Victims' Rights Week (NCVRW). The annual commemoration promotes victims' rights and services in all sectors of our society. This year's ceremony marks the 25th observance of National Crime Victims' Rights Week, first proclaimed by President Reagan in 1981.
OVC recently released the 2005 Resource Guide for National Crime Victims' Rights Week. The Guide was developed to help communities promote awareness of victim issues and comes complete with camera-ready art files on CD-ROM, posters, and sample PSAs. Contents include:
Order your copy online (request NCJ 207049). OVC offers a wide range of other resources to help providers assist crime victims. Call the OVC Resource Center at 1-800-851-3420 (TTY 1-877-712-9279) to find out more. Also available is the NCVRW Theme DVD (NCJ 208513), which highlights some of the notable achievements in crime victims' rights over the past 25 years. View a video clip from the 5-minute DVD.
OVC held two events in Washington, D.C., leading up to National Crime Victims' Rights Week, April 10-16, 2005: National Observance and Candlelight Ceremony National Crime Victims' Rights Week Awards Ceremony For more information about these events, please contact: ncvrw@courtesy.com The Office for Victims of Crime annually recognizes individuals and organizations that demonstrate outstanding service in supporting victims and victim services. Winners were selected from public nominations (PDF 460 kb) for awards in seven categories:
Please note: The nomination form timeline of landmarks in victims' rights and services has been corrected to show 1981 as the first year Crime Victims' Rights Week was observed. Recipients of the awards were honored in Washington, D.C., as part of the federal commemoration of National Crime Victims' Rights Week:
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