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Claiming compensation for victims of crime and role of service providers

Document number
3280
Date
27 May 2019
Title
Claiming compensation for victims of crime and role of service providers
Author/publisher
Ms. Ruth Shrimpling, Policy Officer, Victim Support Europe
Availability
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Document type(s)
Meeting Documentation/Conference Reports,
Keywords
crime compensation victims needs of victims and the challenges.
Summary

Presentation Ms. Ruth Shrimpling, Policy Officer, Victim Support Europe  – Claiming compensation for victims of crime and role of service providers

Ruth Shrimpling provided a power point presentation ‘a journey from crime to compensation,  following the different steps victims of crime will go through from the moment the crime has been committed until the moment they receive compensation, if they ever do so. For each of the steps she highlighted the needs of victims and the challenges.