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Silver Spring, MD-based PR and Marketing Agency to Provide $30,000 in Pro Bono PR Services to National Non-Profit Serving Victims of Crime
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Leonard Klevan, Ph.D., Recognized for Work in Advancing Forensic DNA Analysis
NEW YORK -- Forensic DNA analysis plays a critical role in an increasi...
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... has a compelling interest in protecting victims from emotional distress sustained through an inter...The Amicus Brief submitted by the National Center for Victims of Crime and Maryland Crime Vic...
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The child sex-abuse scandal at Penn State University is galvanizing lawmakers in several states and Congress to find fresh ways to capture predators and stamp out abuse.
The legislative attention is welcome news to some child-abuse protection advocates: "We're on the front end [of the Penn State scandal] and I think we'll see more [laws] to come," said Jeff Dion, deputy executive director of the National Center for Victims of Crime.
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To: POLITICAL EDITORS
Contact: Elizabeth Joyce of The National Center for Victims of Crime, +1-202-467-8729, cell, +1-240-274-4608, ejoyce@ncvc.org
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To: NATIONAL EDITORS
Contact: Mary Rappaport, +1-202-467-8714, mrappaport@ncvc.org, Liz Joyce, +1-202-467-8729, ejoyce@ncvc.org, both of National Center for Victims of Crime
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Even though groups like the Office of Violence Against Women and the National Center for Victims of Crime are working hard to get stalking information out to the masses; stalking education and training is still sorely lacking and needs to be improved both in the law enforcement community and the private sectors.
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By Trevor Brown
tbrown@wyomingnews.com
...Speaking at the Wyoming Crimes against Children Conference on Tuesday, Gov. Matt ...Our goal is to not have them become victims in the first place.". State officials joined dozen..., youth initiative director for the National Center for Victims of Crime and Tuesday's keynote ...
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New technology has made stalking easier, and more dangerous and distressing for its victims.
January is National Stalking Awareness Month, and therefore a good time to learn more about this dangerous crime. This year's theme from the National Center for Victims of Crime's Stalking Resource Center is "Stalking: Know it. Name it. Stop it."According to Maine law, stalking is a "course of conduct, directed at or concerning a specific person, that would cause a reasonable person to suffer serious inconvenience or emotional distress, fear bodily injury or death to self or a close relative, fear damage or destruction to property, or fear injury or death of a pet owned or cared for by the victim." It is stalking when there are two or more acts which meet these criteria, whether those acts are d...
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The federal sentencing system needs reform and simplification, current and former senior Justice Department officials said last month.
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales told participants at a National Center for Victims of Crime conference that the federal sentencing system works. It works best, however, when judges have some discretion, ... discretion that is bounded by mandatory sentencing guidelines created through the legislative process, according to Gonzales.