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If someone is caught and convicted the criminal court may order the offender to pay you compensation for any injury, loss or damage which you have suffered because of the offence.

Tina Meier recounted from the witness stand how her 13-year-old daughter, Megan, committed suicide in 2006 after receiving cruel myspace messages from a boy whose identity was later revealed to be an Internet hoax.

Shawcross, 63, was taken to the Albany Medical Center on Monday, according to Department of Correctional Services spokesman Erik Kriss. He was serving a sentence of 250 years to life for the murders.

Victims of violent crime and their families received benefits totaling $453 million in federal fiscal year 2007. This was an increase from the $426 million paid in 2005, and the $444 million in 2006. Programs paid $22.9 million for forensic sexual assault exams, a 10% increase from 2006. Victims of child abuse comprised 18.5% of the recipients of crime victim compensation.

If you have suffered a direct physical or emotional injury as a result of an act of international terrorism, as designated by the Attorney General, you may be eligible to receive reimbursement through ITVERP.

With Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) funding from OVC, state agencies within the United States and U.S. territories have established compensation programs to reimburse crime victims and assistance programs to offer victim services

A major step was the Utah County Jail's Re-Entry Assistance Program (REAP), which pairs former inmates with mentors, then places the clients in county-subsidized apartments.

Some families living in public housing in the Willamette Valley claim they were terrorized by criminals living next to them – and the man in charge of the housing agency would do nothing to help.

Under current law, a Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) rule governs eligibility of criminals seeking federally-assisted public housing.

Employers should investigate the various financial incentives that come with hiring a qualified ex-offender. The Work Opportunity Tax Credit, for example, can reduce a company's federal income tax liability by as much as $2,400 per new worker.

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. Two of 29 cadets training to become city firefighters have felony convictions, but the city is prohibited from excluding them under Civil Service Commission policies. One of the cadets was convicted of first- and third-degree larceny in 1999.

"Davis said he’s considering introducing a bill early next year to make the federal workplace more felon-friendly. Davis said agencies should work with federally and locally funded rehabilitation programs to hire recently released felons"