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Connecticut Public Acts

State of Connecticut Judicial Branch Office of Victim Services (Espanol)

  • Rights of Crime Victims in Connecticut
  • Victim Services Program - Has your life been affected by crime?
  • Information for Victims of Sexual Assault and Their Families
  • List of Office of Victim Services publications

Office of the Victim Advocate

  • A Guide for Victims of Crime - What You Need to Know
  • Your Rights as a Crime Victim in Connecticut
  • Frequently Asked Questions - Filing a Complaint, Filing a Restraining Order, Restitution
  • Brochures and Guides

VINELink

VINELink is the online portal to VINE, America's leading victim notification network.  

CT Department of Correction

  • Victim Services Unit

Connecticut Board of Pardons and Paroles

  • Information for victims regarding the Parole and Pardon hearing process

OLR Research Reports - Office of Legislative Research:

  • Address Confidentiality Program - 2022-R-0151

  • Connecticut's Automated Victim Notification System and How Other States Notify Victims - 2020-R-0288

  • Crime Victim Compensation - 2017-R-0055

  • Task Force on Victim Privacy and the Public's Right to Know - Final Report - 2014-R-0009

  • Crime Victims - 2013-R-0360

  • Property of Innocent Victims of Crimes - 2011-R-0060

  • Crime Victim Notification - 2009-R-0288

  • Restitution Fees in Connecticut - 2009-R-0051

  • Changes Regarding Release of Convicted Inmates - 2005-R-0071

  • Standing to Assert Crime Victims' Rights - 2005-R-0119

  • Crime Victims' Constitutional Rights - 2000-R-0255

  • Remedies for Violations of a Victim's Constitutional Rights - 2000-R-0077

  • Crime Victim Rights - 2000-R-1065

Useful Websites
  • 211 Infoline - Victims' Rights
  • National Organization for Victim Advocacy
  • U.S. Dept. of Justice - Victims' Rights

 

 

  • P.A. 12-133 - An Act Concerning Court Operations and Victim Services
    P.A. 12-133 OLR Summary

  • P.A. 16-34 - An Act Protecting Victims of Domestic Violence
    P.A. 16-34 OLR Summary

  • P.A. 17-99 - An Act Concerning Court Operations, Victim Services, Fraudulent Filings and Transfers of an Interest in Real Property to a Trust.
    P.A. 17-99 OLR Summary

    • Connecticut General Statutes

    Selected statutes:

    Chapter 1 - Construction of Statutes

    • Sec. 1-1k . "Victim of crime", "crime victim", defined.

    Chapter 968 - Victim Services

    • Sec. 54-201 . Definitions

    • Sec. 54-203 . Office of Victim Services established. Powers and duties.

    • Sec. 54-220 . Victim advocates. Responsibilities and duties. Access to police reports.

    Chapter 813a - Office of the Victim Advocate. Office of the Child Advocate.

    • Sec. 46a-13b . Office of the Victim Advocate established.

    • Sec. 46a-13c . Responsibilities of the Victim Advocate.

    • Sec. 46a-13d . Access to information. Rights and powers.

    Chapter 961 - Trial and Proceedings After Conviction

    • Sec. 54-126a. Testimony of crime victim at parole hearing. Notification to victim.

    • Sec. 54-130d . (Formerly Sec. 18-27a). Testimony of crime victim at session of board. Notification of Office of Victim Services of board's action.

    Click on the link to search the full-text of the statutes: https://search.cga.state.ct.us/r/statute/

    Connecticut Judicial Branch Court Forms

    Victim Services Court Forms (13 Forms)

     

    Selected forms:

    JD-VS-003 Notice of Application
    JD-VS-005 Confidential Request for Notification of Status of Inmate
    JD-VS-008PI Personal Injury Compensation - Application
    JD-VS-008SB Survivor Benefits - Application
    JD-VS-029 Frequently Asked Questions Review Sheet


     


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