victim assistance program
- victim assistance program
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Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law.
2005.
- victim assistance program
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Government program that provides information and aid to persons who have suffered direct physical, emotional, or pecuniary harm as a result of the commission of a crime.
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