In 1981, President Ronald W. Reagan declared the first National Crime Victims' Rights Week and soon after issued an Executive Order that established the President's Task Force on Victims of Crime.
Fourty-two years later National Crime Victims' Rights Week provides an opportunity to increase awareness about the challenges faced by crime victims and to highlight the long struggle to establish victims' rights..
National Crime Victims' Rights Week (NCVRW) will be commemorated April 23 - 29, 2023. The 2023 NCVRW theme is Survivor Voices: Elevate. Engage. Effect Change. This year's theme calls upon communities to amplify the voices of survivors and create environments where survivors have the confidence that they will be heard, believed, and supported.
Source: National Center for Victims of Crime |