Definition: Personal support and assistance with individuals and victims of crime to ensure their interests are represented and their rights upheld within the civil and criminal justice systems.
Goal: Educate and assist individuals and victims in navigating the civil and criminal justice systems; in evaluating advantages and disadvantages of participating in legal processes; facilitate individuals’ and victims’ access and participation in the legal systems; and promote individuals’ victims’ choices and rights to individuals within the legal system.
Direct Service Activities: ∙ Assert and advance an individual and victim’s choices and rights ∙ Provide assistance in making informed choices and decisions about police reporting ∙ Provide information about the local, state, federal and tribal justice systems, civil remedies, and victim rights ∙ Provide support during investigative and legal processes ∙ Actively monitor case through the legal system ∙ Provide assistance in obtaining criminal and civil orders ∙ Provide information about civil remedies ∙ Provide information and advocacy related to immigration status ∙ Provide referrals to legal resources as appropriate.
Goal: Educate and assist individuals and victims in navigating the civil and criminal justice systems; in evaluating advantages and disadvantages of participating in legal processes; facilitate individuals’ and victims’ access and participation in the legal systems; and promote individuals’ victims’ choices and rights to individuals within the legal system.
Direct Service Activities: ∙ Assert and advance an individual and victim’s choices and rights ∙ Provide assistance in making informed choices and decisions about police reporting ∙ Provide information about the local, state, federal and tribal justice systems, civil remedies, and victim rights ∙ Provide support during investigative and legal processes ∙ Actively monitor case through the legal system ∙ Provide assistance in obtaining criminal and civil orders ∙ Provide information about civil remedies ∙ Provide information and advocacy related to immigration status ∙ Provide referrals to legal resources as appropriate.