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Providing Services to Victims of Fraud: Resources for Victim/Witness Coordinators
July 1998

• Foreword
  
• Contents of the Resource Kit
  
• Acknowledgments
  
• I.Fraud Crime: Costs, Perpetrators, and Victims
  
• II.The Critical Role of Victim/Witness Coordinators in Providing Criminal Justice-based Services to Fraud Victims
  
• III.Services for Fraud Victims
  
• IV.Support Services to Address Credit Problems and Prevent Revictimization
  
• V.Managing Mass Victim Cases
  
• VI.Networking for Effective Service Delivery
  
• Appendix A: How Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) Funds May Be Used to Assist Victims of Financial Fraud
  
• Appendix B: Sample Letters
  
• Appendix C: Additional Victim Assistance Resources
  
• Appendix D: Common Fraud Crimes and Tips for Reducing Revictimization
• Appendix E: Designing Victim Impact Statements for Fraud Victims
• Appendix F: Glossary

This project was supported by Cooperative Agreement No. 96-VR-GX-K002, awarded by the Office for Victims of Crime, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, to the Police Executive Research Forum. The Assistant Attorney General, Office of Justice Programs, coordinates the activities of the following program offices and bureaus: Bureau of Justice Assistance, Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Institute of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, and Office for Victims of Crime. Points of view expressed are those of the grantee and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.

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