11.   And Tuesday sympathetic relatives of hate crime victims weighed in on the matter.

12.   Bard, in partnership with the police, conducted studies of crime victims, especially hostages, rape victims and the families of murder victims.

13.   Because South Africa cannot afford a much larger police force, he believes that ordinary citizens can do more to prevent being crime victims.

14.   Besides criminal prosecutions, it allows crime victims to seek damages in civil lawsuits.

15.   - The courts now hear the call of crime victims.

16.   A similar forensic technique is used to identify the bones of crime victims.

17.   A third proposal with wide appeal would broaden the rights of crime victims.

18.   A Texas woman who helped develop a potent political movement on behalf of crime victims was among the victims of the TWA jumbo jet explosion in New York.

19.   Advocates for crime victims also are watching some of the changes with dismay.

20.   Advocates for crime victims tell the victim to direct the blame where it belongs.