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Victim support and victim rights

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Definition: Help and education for those who have been harmed or suffered loss from another’s criminal act.

Canada/Federal

This online video from the Parole Board of Canada (PBC) shows victims how a parole hearing works and directs victims to other Board information, such as their website and toll-free victim information line. The PBC believes victims should, if they choose, have a role in the conditional release process. This openness and transparency supports their public safety mandate.

 

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The Policy Centre for Victim Issues, a division of the Department of Justice Canada, implements the Federal Victim Strategy the objective of which is to give victims of crime a more effective voice in the criminal justice system. We develop policy and criminal law reform, administer the Victims Fund, and broadly share information about issues of importance to victims of crime. Publications include a crime victims’ guide to the criminal justice system and Victim Services Directory.

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The Victim Justice Network is a non-profit national organization whose mission is to establish an online-based network to better serve and support victims of crime. One of its objectives is to promote public awareness and public education on issues of importance to victims of crime.

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The Victim Services Directory helps connect individuals with victim service providers across Canada. The Victim Services Directory (VSD) has been created by the Policy Centre for Victim Issues of the Department of Justice Canada to help service providers, victims and individuals locate services for victims of crime across Canada.

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The Victim’s Portal is a secure website where registered victims may obtain information about the federal offenders who harmed them.  Victims may use the Portal in addition to, or instead of, the current methods of communication by phone and mail.  The Portal will also allow registered victims to manage their information and preferences online.

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