The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) is a part of the Office of Justice Programs, within the U.S. Department of Justice.
The OVC's mission is to provide aid and promote justice for crime victims.
The office was created in 1988 in an amendment to the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) of 1984.
OVC sponsors the annual Crime Victims' Rights Week that promotes victims' rights and services.
Famous quotes containing the words office, victims and/or crime:
“The office of the prince and that of the writer are defined and assigned as follows: the nobleman gives rank to the written work, the writer provides food for the prince.”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)
“I don’t see black people as victims even though we are exploited. Victims are flat, one- dimensional characters, someone rolled over by a steamroller so you have a cardboard person. We are far more resilient and more rounded than that. I will go on showing there’s more to us than our being victimized. Victims are dead.”
—Kristin Hunter (b. 1931)
“It is a crime against the State to be powerful enough to commit one.”
—Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)