DEFENDANTS AND VICTIMS

1) Civil protection order - civil restraining order to potential victims from domestic violence

 2) Defendant - individual accused of a crime

 3) Urban underclass - poor, mostly minority, lower class urban dwellers who are overrepresented in the ranks of defendants

 4) Victim’s Rights Amendment – a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution to protect the rights of victims

 5) Victim and Witness Protection Act (1982) - federal law requiring better treatment / protection for victims and witnesses in federal court

 6) The Victims of Crime Act (1984) - federal law authorizing federal funds for state victim programs (established Crime Victims Fund)