Criminal Injury

Criminal injuries are sustained by victims of violent crimes. Violent crime includes:

murder and non-negligent manslaughter
forcible rape
robbery
aggravated assault

There are more than 1.3 million violent crimes committed each year, with aggravated assault being the most common at 62.5 percent, robbery at 29.4 percent, forcible rape at 6.9 percent and murder at 1.2 percent in 2004. Criminal injuries include injuries that are both physical and mental. For example, psychological suffering when a person threatens to kill you is considered criminal injury. Criminal injuries can also include:

rape wounds
burns
broken bones
fractures
head trauma
brain injury
gun shot wounds
knife wounds
bruises
strangling and suffocation
hits, kicks, punches, slaps
rope burns

Recent criminal injury cases include:

A man poisoned two women’s vegetable juices with triazolam.
A nurse assaulted an elderly woman, which resulted in her death.
A university student was sexually assaulted by a man who had prior criminal sexual assault convictions.
A pizza deliveryman robbed a bank with a bomb locked around his neck. He later died when the bomb went off on national TV.

Most states have criminal injury compensation programs for victims of violent crimes. If you or a loved one is a victim of violent crime, contact a personal injury lawyer to discuss your rights.

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Criminal Injury Criminal injuries are sustained by victims of violent crimes. Violent crime includes: murder and non-negligent manslaughter forcible rape robbery aggravated assault There are more than 1.3 million violent crimes committed each year, with aggravated assault being the most common at 62.5 percent, robbery at 29.4 percent, forcible rape at 6.9 percent and murder at 1.2 percent in 2004. Criminal injuries include injuries that are both physical and mental. For example, psychological suffering when a person threatens to kill you is considered criminal injury. Criminal injuries can also include: rape wounds burns broken bones fractures head trauma brain injury gun shot wounds knife wounds bruises strangling and suffocation hits, kicks, punches, slaps rope burns Recent criminal injury cases include: A man poisoned two women’s vegetable juices with triazolam. A nurse assaulted an elderly woman, which resulted in her death. A university student was sexually assaulted by a man who had prior criminal sexual assault convictions. A pizza deliveryman robbed a bank with a bomb locked around his neck. He later died when the bomb went off on national TV. Most states have criminal injury compensation programs for victims of violent crimes. If you or a loved one is a victim of violent crime, contact a personal injury lawyer to discuss your rights.