Sentences with phrase «helping victims of crime»

When you are sentenced, the judge will add a surcharge — or fee — that goes toward helping victims of crime.

«We must do more to help victims of crime in the capital.

It wants to stop CCTV from merely being used as a retroactive tool in investigations when it is already too late to help the victim of a crime.

The Heartland Family Service Victim of Crime Assistance (VOCA) program is designed to help victims of crime, whether the crime is documented or undocumented.

Not exact matches

Similar kinds of cases are under way in other parts of the country, including a case on appeal in Chicago after a federal judge issued a nationwide injunction barring the government from blocking grant money typically used to help local police combat violent crime and help victims.

With more than 40 years of experience helping restore men and women behind bars, Prison Fellowship advocates for federal and state criminal justice reforms that transform those responsible for crime, validate victims, and encourage communities to play a role in creating a safe, redemptive, and just society.

Since his release from prison, he has striven to help others avoid becoming the victims of the types of crimes he used to commit.

Equality Florida said it's partnering with the National Center for Victims of Crime, a nonprofit that helped distribute the proceeds from similar fundraisers after mass shootings in Aurora and Chattanooga, to «ensure that every penny will be correctly and quickly dispersed to the victims and families.Victims of Crime, a nonprofit that helped distribute the proceeds from similar fundraisers after mass shootings in Aurora and Chattanooga, to «ensure that every penny will be correctly and quickly dispersed to the victims and families.victims and families.»

Equality Florida is partnering with the National Center for Victims of Crimes, a nonprofit that helped distribute the proceeds from similar fundraisers after mass shootings in Fort Hood and Chattanooga, to distribute the funds.

How else do some individuals provide so much information about a crime by holding an item of a victim, or visiting the scene, as to be able to help law enforcement solve a case?

Justice For Children International is by no means alone, we are a founding members of Stop the Traffik, a major global coalition with over 300 member organisations based out of the U.K. Stop the Traffik works together to help stop the sale of people, to see the traffickers prosecuted, and to protect the victims of human trafficking and those vulnerable to this crime.

When we have the death penalty for child molesters and those that help hide their crimes we will finally have something closer to true justice for the destruction of the lives of their victims.

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Sex workers have warned that they are unable to go to the police for help, after a victim of crime was threatened with deportation.

«We are confident that Eric Schneiderman will be prosecuted for his horrific crimes against women, but in the meantime anyone who has benefited from his massive campaign war chest should do the right thing and step up to help victims of domestic violence,» they said in the statement.

Crime and security bill The purpose of the bill is to make parents take responsibility for their child's antisocial behaviour and introduce new powers to help victims break the cycle of domestic violence.

Reauthorization will secure funding for Children's Advocacy Centers, helping to solve child - abuse cases while protecting child victims of violent crimes

«The publication of the action plan and signing of the convention demonstrates the government's commitment to do more and help identify and protect the victims of this vile crime and is another step towards our other main aim to make the UK a hostile place for traffickers.»

Nassau County DA Kathleen Rice has released her third TV ad of the Democratic AG primary campaign, which highlights her effort to help create «The Safe Place,» a multidisciplinary center for victims of child abuse and domestic violence and a pledge that she'll support a bill to make luring a child on the Internet a felony crime.

«I am committed to tackle this evil crime and help protect the innocent victims it yields, which is why today I have signed the Council of Europe Convention on Action Against Human Trafficking which will provide us with a structured framework to introduce minimum rights and protection for all identified victims of trafficking,» said Mr Reid.

Craft says owners of establishments who would like their employees trained in helping to prevent sexual assault may contact her at the county's Crime Victims Assistance Program office: [phone]

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Gov. Andrew Cuomo is turning up the pressure on private colleges and universities — and urging victims to seek off - campus help from law enforcement officials to investigate rapes and assaults — as he tries to force education leaders to adopt a set of state policies on handling sex crimes.

This office will help residents by giving them resources and information for departments including Veterans, Health, Crime Victims and Sexual Violence Center, Department of Social Services, Mental Health, Aging, Children Youth and Families, Probation, and Immigration.

It can detect rotting food, as well as be used to help find victims of natural disasters or crimes.

In addition to the plans to use Bonaparte for tracing the identities of criminals and victims of crime and disaster on an international level, the program is also planned to help identify unnamed victims of the 1953 flooding that was so disastrous for the southwest of the Netherlands.

DNA databases might help identify victims of crime and human trafficking, but how do we safeguard the personal privacy of innocent victims and family members?

About Site - STOP THE TRAFFIK is a global coalition working together to help stop the sale of people, to see the traffickers prosecuted and to protect the victims of human trafficking and those vulnerable to this crime.

In Heaven Can Wait, the spirit of a man who dies before his time enters the body of a murder victim and helps to catch the perpetrators of the crime.

The good intentions here are to pay tribute and raise awareness to animals who are trained to assist and protect the military, but Max can't help itself by falling victim to another predictable domesticated crime adventure in the guise of a coming of age drama.

When the mutilated body of a fourth victim is found in one of the city's most expensive hotels, Nergui, the former head of the Serious Crimes squad, is no closer to catching the killer and will accept any help he can get.

«Reacher is like a grittier, real - world version of Ethan Hunt from the Mission: Impossible series — he drifts from town to town with no luggage, pitching in to help crime victims, and using his military training and resourcefulness to get out of jams.»

To help ease your peace of mind, we measured each city's safety in terms of the odds of being the victim of a violent crime.

Knowing the statistics in your city can help you keep yourself protected from becoming a victim of a crime, either physical or financial.

To help pinpoint the safest places to live, we looked at the odds of being the victim of a violent crime for each city.

Now canine companions are being used to help crime victims cope with the aftermath of violence and abuse.

Recognizing the growing crime of identity fraud and the difficulties experienced by victims, EA USA launches its identity theft protection resolution service, one of the first identity protection services to focus on helping those impacted by identity fraud.

Once a murder victim has been discovered, you will have a certain amount of time to investigate the crime scene and to take notes on the condition of the body and the surrounding areas as well as to take any statements from your other classmates about where they were at the time of the murder and if the saw or heard anything that might help with the investigation.

«We accompany three populations within the world of migration: those who have been victims of serious crime like torture, kidnapping, and imprisonment; solicitors of asylum, who we accompany in a smaller proportion but also help; and defenders of migrants» human rights, who've been threatened, displaced, and even killed.»

Attorneys can be beneficial in this process as well and help file the necessary paperwork, sort through crime scene photographs and information detailed in the police reports of the collision and help victims and their families get the compensation they deserve.

By ignoring the true content of the critique and / or pretending that judges don't care about victims — «judges opposed to the measure will eventually «see the wisdom» of making sure victims of crime receive proper help» as the talking point goes.

Since battery and assault are considered both crimes against the state and civil offenses, as explained by FindLaw, assault victims may recover from losses in civil court with the help of Chicago injury attorneys.

What had motivated the creators, was the observation that most advice from lawyers on legal rights of the victims of a crime felt like it was written mainly for the use of other lawyers, rather than to help inform the general public, who were in fact the people most in need of the information.

During this experience Bull noted that most advice from lawyers on legal rights and the victims of crime came in documents that felt like they were written mainly for the use of other lawyers, rather than to help inform the general public, who were in fact the people most in need of this information.

If your rights have been discriminated, or you have been the victim of a violent crime, Roy McMurtry Legal Clinic can help.

If you are a victim of a hate crime, or have witnessed a hate crime, help is available through victim services and other resources.

For years, many patients have died due to medical malpractice and that is the reason since 1994 laws were laid to help the victims of this obscene crime.

I have been appointed Belgian member of Fraudnet, the global network of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC — Commercial crime services), that provides fraud victims with a first local - point - of - contact service using legal specialists that can help, and the resource of a global network of partners to investigate and take action against fraudsters in foreign jurisdictions, increasing the chances of recovering losses (http://www.icc-ccs.org/home/fraudnet).

She suggests that the portrayal of women in the media, the tendency to blame victims and the misconceptions surrounding the crime of rape help create such myths.

We provide direct legal representation to low - income clients in more than 5,000 civil legal cases every year - from defending against employment discrimination to obtaining benefits for people with disabilities to helping immigrant victims of crime get visas.

Well, a paper drafted by some of the Cambridge University students behind the well - publicised LawBot providing help to victims of crime suggests (The Black Box Phenomenon: Technological Innovation and Legal Skills by Jia Qing Yap, Fiona Lin, Ben Bolderson Editor: Ludwig Bull):