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11 San Diego L. Rev. 880 (1973-1974)
California's New Crime Victim Compensation Statute

handle is hein.journals/sanlr11 and id is 904 raw text is: California's New Crime Victim Compensation Statute GILBERT GEIS* HERBERT EDELHERTZt On July 1, 1974, California's program to provide public funds for certain victims of violent crime will begin to function under new legislation1 which seeks to update, expand, and clarify the 1965 state crime victim compensation statute2 and its later amend- ments.3 That 1965 California law represented the pioneering American thrust into the area of crime victim compensation and it followed closely on cognate efforts that had been launched in New Zealand in 19634 and Great Britain in 1964.i Since the Cali- * A.B., 1947, Colgate Univ.; Ph.D., 1953, Univ. of Wiscon. Professor, Program in Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine. t A.B., 1943, -Univ. of Mich.; LL.B., 1948, Harvard Law School. Re- search Scientist, Law and Justice Center, Battelle Memorial Institute, Seat- tle, Wash. 1. CAL. Gov'T CODE §§ 13959-69 (West Supp. 1974). 2. Cal. Stats. 1965, ch. 1549 (repealed 1967). 3. Cal. Stats. 1967, ch. 1546, p. 3707, § 1 (repealed 1973). The most signif- icant change in 1967 was the transfer of administration of the program from the State Department of Social Welfare to the State Board of Control. 4. New Zealand Criminal Injuries Compensation Act 1963, 12 Eliz. 2, No. 134. Cf., Weeks, The New Zealand Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme, 43 S. CAL. L. REv. 107 (1970). In 1972, as an outgrowth of recom- mendations contained in the Woodhouse Report [ROYAL COIVI'N OF IN- July 1974 Vol. II No. 4

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