Connecticut Law About Victims' Rights

Connecticut Law About Victims' Rights
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Research Guides

Connecticut Public Acts

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

Office of the Victim Advocate

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

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

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