About Victims Support Services
Victims Support Services is part of the Department of Justice and began operation on 1 July 2001. The Unit is dedicated to victims of crime.
We are responsible for:
- the administration of the victims register and the provision of information to victims from that Register
- liaison between the victim and other divisions of the Department of Justice
- management of funding to, and liaison with, the Victims of Crime Services
- provision of information to victims regarding court processes
- the provision of the Court Support and Liaison Service for victims of family violence (as part of the 'Safe at Home' project)
- co-ordination of victim / offender mediation in a limited number of appropriate cases
- administration of Victims Support Services (financial assistance for victims of crime) and the provision of assistance to the commissioners.