New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 78 - ADMINISTRATION OF VICTIM AND WITNESS ADVOCACY FUND
Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 13:78-1.4 - Definitions

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 13:78-1.4
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024

The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

"Act" means the provisions of 52:4B-43.1.

"Attorney General Standards" means the "Attorney General Standards to Ensure the Rights of Crime Victims," promulgated pursuant to 52:4B-44.

"Direct services" means the provision of assistance directly to victims and witnesses, including, but not limited to, one or more of the following as may be determined by the Director:

1. Shelter, food and clothing;

2. Medical and legal advocacy services;

3. 24-hour crisis response services and 24-hour hotlines;

4. Information and referral and community education;

5. Psychiatric treatment programs;

6. Expanded services for victim's families and significant others;

7. Short and long term counseling and support groups;

8. Emergency locksmith and carpentry services;

9. Financial services; or

10. Medical testing pursuant to 52:4B-44(c).

"Director" means the Director of the Division of Criminal Justice.

"Fund" means the Victim and Witness Advocacy Fund as set forth at 2C:43-3.1.

"Not-for-profit organization" means any corporation or other organization, organized under Title 15A of the New Jersey Revised Statutes or otherwise qualified for nonprofit tax exemption, under § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code ( 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3) ), providing direct services to victims or witnesses of crimes.

"Other public entity" means any law enforcement agency within any public corporation or political subdivision of this State or agency of local government of this State deemed eligible to receive funding for the implementation of the Attorney General Standards.

"Public entity" means any public corporation or political subdivision of this state or agency of local government of this state providing direct services to victims or witnesses of crimes.

"State Fiscal Year" or "SFY" means the fiscal year of the State of New Jersey, which begins on July 1 of a particular year and ends on June 30 of the following year.

"Victim" means a person who suffers personal physical or psychological injury or death or incurs loss of or injury to personal or real property as a result of a crime committed against that person, or in the case of a homicide, the nearest relative of the homicide victim.

"Witness" means a person who suffers personal physical or psychological injury or incurs loss of or injury to personal or real property or requires services as a result of the prosecution's intent to call the person to testify in any criminal matter.

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