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Victims' Services
Information Provided by the Victims' Services Officer (VSO)
- Access to the Alabama Crime Victims' Compensation Fund
- Assistance with Restitution Claims
- Scheduling Information on Your Case
- Referrals to Victim Assistance Programs
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Joyce Payne, VSO |
Joyce Payne, VSO
Joyce Payne has been assisting Morgan County's crime victims since 1990.
Her assignment includes explaining the criminal justice process to
victims, informing them of the progress of their case as it makes its way
through Morgan County's trial courts, assisting them in recovering their
financial losses and making referrals to victim assistance groups where
appropriate.
- Experienced
- Joyce was one of the first people to complete the Victim Service
Officer's Certification Program offered by the Department of Criminal
Justice at the University of Alabama at
Birmingham. At the time, Alabama was only the second state in the
nation to offer such a program.
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- Qualified
- Joyce has served as President of the Alabama Victim's Service Officers'
Association on two separate occasions, and has been a VSO since the
program was created in Alabama.
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- Accessible
- To contact Joyce, just call the Morgan County
District Attorney's Office at (256) 351-4610 or
e-mail her.
Victim Resources
- Alabama Crime Victims'
Compensation Commission
- From this site, you can check the status of any claim that you have
filed with the ACVCC. For information on how to file a claim contact
the District Attorney's Office or e-mail
Joyce Payne and request a form.
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- Alabama Attorney
General's Office of Victim's Assistance
- The Office of Victim's Assistance at the Alabama Attorney General's
Office has online information about the capital litigation process,
protesting pardons and paroles and the rights of victims generally.
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- U.S. Department
of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime
- The United States Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime
has numerous online resources for crime victims.
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- Resources for Victims of Domestic Violence and Rape
- The Alabama Coalition Against Rape and
the Alabama Coalition Against Domestic
Violence both offer state-wide resources, the latter providing
information on Protection from Abuse Orders.
Hope
Place is the domestic violence shelter for the Morgan County area.
Rape counseling and crisis intervention is available at
Crisis Services of North Alabama, Inc.
The
Mental
Health Association of Morgan County provides referrals to a myriad of
counseling programs and is often a good contact for victims coping with
issues related to domestic violence and rape. The process for filing
for a protection from abuse order in Morgan County is also discussed on the
Morgan County Circuit
Clerk's website.
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- Resources for the Child and Family
- The National Center for Missing and
Exploited Children is an excellent resource for child safety issues.
Alabama's Center for Missing and Exploited Children can be located at the
Alabama Bureau of Investigation's website. For issues concerning child abuse (both sexual and physical), the
National Children's Alliance and the
National Children's Advocacy Center,
located in Huntsville, Alabama, have excellent online resources.
Additional information on this topic can also be found at
The National Child Abuse Prevention
Network and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services'
Administration for Children and
Families. Locally, the
Morgan
County Department of Human Resources, the
Alabama Department of Human Resources,
Alabama Kids,
the Mental Health Center of North Central
Alabama and the
Morgan County Children's Policy
Committee's websites provide a full spectrum of available resources for
both the victim child and the at risk child.
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- Sex Offender Information
- Alabama's sex offender registration database can be accessed at the
Alabama Bureau of
Investigation's website. Nationwide Megan's Law information
can be found at the Klaas Kid's
Foundation.
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- Information on Prisoners/Fugitives
- To find out if an individual is currently in an Alabama State prison or
a Federal Prison, the prison locators at the
Alabama Department of
Corrections and the Federal Bureau of
Prisons should be consulted. A listing of Alabama Fugitives can be
found at the
Alabama Bureau of Investigation's Website. There is no online
system of county or municipal prisoners in the State of Alabama, such
information can only be obtained by contacting the appropriate jail.
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- Information on Missing Persons & Unidentified Bodies
- Information on unidentified bodies located in Alabama is posted at the
Alabama
Department of Forensic Sciences website. A listing of both missing
children and adults can be found at the
Alabama Bureau of Investigation's website.
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- Consumer Fraud Information/Identity Theft
- The Alabama Attorney
General's Consumer Affairs page includes complaint forms, fraud alerts
and a hotline. Topics at this site thoroughly cover identity theft.
The Department of Justice's Internet Fraud
Complaint Center (IFCC), and the Federal Trade Commission's
Consumer Sentinel,
Econsumer and
IDTheft sites are all
excellent sources of information on internet fraud and identity theft.
Additionally, the Better Business Bureau
provides fraud alerts and information on identity theft at their website.
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- Protesting Pardons & Paroles
- The pardons and parole process, including a victim's right of
participation, are discussed in detail at the
Alabama Attorney General's
website, and the Alabama Board
of Pardons and Paroles website.
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- Victims of Drunk Drivers
- Mother's Against Drunk Driving is the
leading advocacy group in this area, and their site provides a national
prospective on the issue.
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