Washington, D.C. statute defines 'secondary victim' as: (A) Victim’s spouse, children (including biological, step, foster, and adopted), grandchildren, parents, stepparents, siblings, half siblings, or spouse’s parents; (B) Person who resides in the victim’s household at the time of the crime or at the time of the discovery of the crime; (C) Person who is a survivor of a victim and who was wholly or partially dependent upon the victim for care and support at the time of the commission of the crime, including a child of the victim born after the victim’s death; (D) Person who legally assumes the obligation, or who voluntarily pays the medical expenses, or in the event of death caused by the crime, funeral and burial expenses, incurred as a direct result thereof; (E) person with close ties to the victim; or (F) person who witnessed the crime.

Authors

• Person: Not available Organization: Center for American Progress
  Hope After Harm: An Evaluation of State Victim Compensation Statutes

Sources

• Hope After Harm: An Evaluation of State Victim Compensation Statutes www.americanprogress.org Center for American Progress via serper

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