Florida Statute 960.02 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 960
VICTIM ASSISTANCE

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F.S. 960.02

960.02 Declaration of policy and legislative intent.—The Legislature recognizes that many innocent persons suffer personal injury or death as a direct result of adult and juvenile criminal acts or in their efforts to prevent crime or apprehend persons committing or attempting to commit adult and juvenile crimes. Such persons or their dependents may thereby suffer disabilities, incur financial hardships, or become dependent upon public assistance. The Legislature finds and determines that there is a need for government financial assistance for such victims of adult and juvenile crime. Accordingly, it is the intent of the Legislature that aid, care, and support be provided by the state, as a matter of moral responsibility, for such victims of adult and juvenile crime. It is the express intent of the Legislature that all state departments and agencies cooperate with the Department of Legal Affairs in carrying out the provisions of this chapter.

History.—s. 1, ch. 77-452; s. 2, ch. 80-146; s. 1, ch. 91-23; s. 19, ch. 92-287.

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Total Results: 5

DIV. OF WORKERS'COMP, ETC. v. Brevda

420 So. 2d 887

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 8, 1982 | Docket: 1711401

Cited 32 times | Published

aid, care, and support to victims of crime. Section 960.02. As such, then, the Act may be deemed essentially

State v. Champe

373 So. 2d 874

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Feb 8, 1979 | Docket: 1772735

Cited 8 times | Published

Vocelle, 159 Fla. 88, 31 So.2d 52 (1947). [7] Section 960.02 is a declaration of policy and legislative

BUREAU OF CRIMES COMP. v. Reynolds

443 So. 2d 501

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 17, 1984 | Docket: 1458024

Cited 3 times | Published

legislature's express policy, contained in section 960.02, Florida Statutes (1979), determining: [T]hat

United States v. Fuentes

877 F.2d 895, 1989 WL 71690

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Jul 19, 1989 | Docket: 66245608

Cited 2 times | Published

Prevention and Control Act of 1970, 21 U.S.C. § 960.2 Appellants Rosa-Ibarra, Blanqui-cet-Guzman, Marquez-Rodriguez

Bureau of Crimes Compensation, Department of Labor & Employment Security v. Traas

421 So. 2d 50, 1982 Fla. App. LEXIS 21458

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 29, 1982 | Docket: 64592938

Published

legislative intent of the Crimes Compensation Act, section 960.02, Florida Statutes (1981), found that the appellee