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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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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Div. Of Workers'comp, Etc. v. Brevda, 420 So. 2d 887 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982).

Cited 32 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal

...per award pursuant to judgment. Neither is appellee entitled to fees pursuant to any contractual theory. The stated intent of the Crimes Compensation Act is to provide, as a matter of moral responsibility, aid, care, and support to victims of crime. Section 960.02....

...United States, 461 F.2d 1240, 1256 (D.C. Cir.1972), cert. denied, 409 U.S. 949, 93 S.Ct. 270, 34 L.Ed.2d 220. Welfare benefits are generally acknowledged as stemming from a sense of public duty or obligation. 79 Am.Jur.2d Welfare Laws § 1. This sense of public duty is recognized in § 960.02, F.S., wherein the legislature stated that the care and support of crime victims are to be undertaken by the state "as a matter of moral responsibility." These words suggest the possibility of a contract's formation based on the doctrine of...

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State v. Champe, 373 So. 2d 874 (Fla. 1979).

Cited 8 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida

...codified as Section 897.25. When the remainder of the Act was renumbered and shifted to Chapter 960 by statutory revision personnel, this provision was not transferred. [6] E.g., State ex rel. Hoffman v. Vocelle, 159 Fla. 88, 31 So.2d 52 (1947). [7] Section 960.02 is a declaration of policy and legislative intent: The Legislature recognizes that many innocent persons suffer personal injury or death as a direct result of criminal acts or in their efforts to prevent crime or apprehend persons committing or attempting to commit crimes....

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Bureau of Crimes Comp. v. Reynolds, 443 So. 2d 501 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984).

Cited 3 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal

...3(2), Florida Statutes (1979). Thus, the Bureau contends, the commissioner was unjustified in ordering a "wage loss" award under section 960.13(7). We disagree. The Crimes Compensation Act is based upon the legislature's express policy, contained in section 960.02, Florida Statutes (1979), determining: [T]hat there is a need for government financial assistance for ......

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United States v. Fuentes, 877 F.2d 895 (11th Cir. 1989).

Cited 2 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1989 WL 71690

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

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Bureau of Crimes Comp., Dep't of Labor & Emp. Sec. v. Traas, 421 So. 2d 50 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1982).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1982 Fla. App. LEXIS 21458

...Appellee was hospitalized for psychiatric treatment for his condition in October and November of 1980. In his order, the deputy found that the hospitalization was directly related by cause and effect to the crime committed. The deputy, citing the legislative intent of the Crimes Compensation Act, section 960.02, Florida Statutes (1981), found that the appellee fell concurrently within the provisions of sections 960.-03(1) and 960.03(7), and was both the victim of the crime and the claimant....

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