The nearly 200 citations cover the period from 1966 to 1986 and focus on victims of violent crimes in the criminal justice system and on Federal and State programs to compensate victims of violence. Topics covered in the bibliography include victim rights, victim assistance, victim perceptions of the criminal justice system, restitution for victims of personal and household crimes, alternative sanctions, and victimology. Other topics concern legislation affecting victims and witnesses, victim program funding and cost-effectiveness, juvenile restitution, elderly victims, State victim compensation programs, and victim services.