Overview
Addressing victims’ rights under tribal law helps the justice system to foster safety and support cooperation with prosecutions. Victims’ rights laws and policies are particularly important for victims of domestic or dating violence. These crimes often cause emotional trauma in addition to physical injury. It may be more difficult for victims to report these crimes because of ongoing relationships with the offender. These victims often are in great danger of future violence after reporting a crime, during investigation and prosecution of cases, and after defendants are released from prison.
Read more about Victims' Rights and Victims' Safety.
PARTNERS
- Office for Victims of Crime
- Office on Violence Against Women
- National Indigenous Women's Resource Center (NIWRC)
- National Task Force to End Sexual and Domestic Violence Against Women (NTF)
RESOURCES
- Tribal Legal Code Resource: Domestic Violence Laws (TLPI, 2012)
- Tribal Legal Code Resource: Sexual Assault and Stalking Laws (TLPI, 2012)
Addressing victims’ rights under tribal law helps the justice system to foster safety and support cooperation with prosecutions. Victims’ rights laws and policies are particularly important for victims of domestic or dating violence. These crimes often cause emotional trauma in addition to physical injury. It may be more difficult for victims to report these crimes because of ongoing relationships with the offender. These victims often are in great danger of future violence after reporting a crime, during investigation and prosecution of cases, and after defendants are released from prison.
Read more about Victims' Rights and Victims' Safety.
PARTNERS
- Office for Victims of Crime
- Office on Violence Against Women
- National Indigenous Women's Resource Center (NIWRC)
- National Task Force to End Sexual and Domestic Violence Against Women (NTF)
RESOURCES