Except as otherwise provided by the general statutes, “victim of crime” or “crime victim” means an individual who suffers direct or threatened physical, emotional or financial harm as a result of a crime and includes immediate family members of a minor, incompetent individual or homicide victim and a person designated by a homicide victim in accordance with section 1-56r .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 1-1k
“Victim of crime”, “crime victim”, defined
(P.A. 97-257, S. 6, 13; P.A. 02-105, S. 11.) History: P.A. 97-257 effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 02-105 added a person designated by a homicide victim to definition.
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