SJR75 Summary

• Proclaims April 2-8, 2017, as Crime Victims' Rights Week in Alabama and reaffirms commitment to assisting all crime victims during this week and throughout the year.

• Acknowledges that Americans are victims of more than 20 million crimes annually and emphasizes the importance of trauma-informed responses and victim support services.

• Recognizes Alabama's National Children's Advocacy Center as the first in the world and notes it has served as a model for developing more than 1,000 similar centers across the United States and 27 other countries.

• Expresses gratitude to community members, victim service providers, and criminal justice professionals who work to improve response to crime victims and help them find assistance, support, justice, and peace.

• Calls for multidisciplinary collaboration among victim service professionals, criminal justice officials, legal professionals, medical and mental health providers, and community leaders to serve all victims, especially marginalized populations and those with disabilities.