National Crime Victims' Rights Week

This week, the week of 22-28 April, is being observed as National Crime Victims' Rights Week. Observed since 1981, NCVRW was initiated as an observance to promote awareness of victims’ rights and services and to honor crime victims and survivors.

The theme for NCVRW 2012 is “Extending the Vision: Reaching Every Victim.” It is designed to expand the vision that inspired the movement for the rights of crime victims and to celebrate the progress achieved to date. It also is designed to capture the spirit and resolve needed to realize the goal of reaching each victim in need of hope and help, one victim at a time.

For more information about National Crime Victims' Rights Week, please visit:

U.S. Department of Justice: Office for Victims of Crime: National Crime Victims' Rights Week