Program helps victims recoup losses
By GARY NORRIS
Of the Emerald
Geoffrey Alpert, a former University
sociology and political economy professor,
will head Lane County’s newly formed Vic
tim Assistance program to aid victims and
witnesses of major crimes, District Attorney
Pat Horton announced Thursday.
Alpert, 29, has done extensive work with
corrections institutions and served as Di
rector of Research for then Gov. Jimmy
Carter’s Georgia administration.
Although he will be doing other work for
the District Attorney's office, Alpert said the
Victim Assistance program will be his most
important job.
“A forgotten segment of the criminal jus
tice system is the victim,” Alpert said, "We
don’t really know much about them or what
they want."
Aipert said some crime victims have
been reluctant to cooperate with pro
secutors in the past "because they got no
thing out of it and were ridiculed by defense
attorneys.”
"Why should a victim bother (to testify) if
there are no benefits?” Alpert asked.
“There are rewards with this program. They
can get back what they lost."
The Victim Assistance program won’t
focus on any specific target group, accord
ing to Alpert. He said anyone who is the
victim of a crime may be eligible for benefits
under the new law, Oregon HB 2278, and
he plans to mount a public information
campaign to outline the program s sen/ices.
A goal of the Victim Assistance program
is early return of stolen property. Police de
partments sometimes keep stolen goods
longer than the thieves, according to Hor
ton. He said substituting photos for evi
dence in court could help speed the return
of property to owners.
“This will eventually result in cleaning out
the evidence lockers,’’ Horton said. “We
recently found some evidence that had
been there since 1956.“
Other program goals include:
•Restitution payments to victims of as
sult or theft. The new law allows benefits of
up to $23,000 in some cases, according to
Alpert. Families of deceased victims may
also be eligible for benefits.
•Transportation to and from court for the
old and daycare service for parents appear
ing in court.
•Implementing new legislation to pay
hospital bills of victims who have been as
saulted.
All my children
01’ Ray wasn't content with just
being sleazy, he had to be dis
honest too. I mean, we’re all a little
bit dishonest when it comes right
down to it, but Ray broke into the
Tucker’s (they live next to the Mar
tins) and lifted a hundred bucks.
Not an acceptable mode of social
interaction anywhere. But, more
about that later. First, off to New
York.
Erica’s looking real bad. Mona
and Nick are in the hospital giving
what comfort they can. Thursday,
Nick made the supreme sacrifice
and proposed to Erica. Seems
she had lost the will to live and
Nick was trying to give her a
reason to go on. The thought of
spending forever with Nick
By GLEN OZONEWOOD
doesn’t seem that exciting some
how, but maybe it's just what Erica
needed.
Back in Pine Valley (where all
roads lead), Ray’s been having a
tough time of it. Since he got can
ned at The Chateau his finances
are in sorry shape. Now that the
Martins aren’t planning on giving
him any dough, his prospects
aren’t looking too good either. The
other day he stopped by the Mar
tins’ to see what they had to steal.
Joe and Ruth fooled him and
stayed home, so he broke into the
Tuckers’ instead.
All he got for his trouble was a
hundred bucks, but he got to
watch Ruth get undressed for bed.
She shouldn’t have been undres
sing by the window anyway
(maybe she gets her kicks by
showing off), but in the process
Ray saw her diamond necklace.
He’s really convinced now that the
Martirs have a lot of dough.
Of course, Ruth is telling herself
that Ray's left town and she won’t
have to deal with him again. But,
he's still pretty pissed about not
getting- any dough for Tad, and
besides, a character on tnis show
can t just disappear and leave ev
erything groovy.
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this week), Danny's a little
confused. He’s squiring
Devon around, but yesterday he
ran into Brooke at school. She's
concerned that she can’t use
Danny like she used to and she’s
trying to get him interested again.
It hasn't worked yet, but Danny
boy is starting to think about the
times they spent together. With no
one around to pet and stroke him,
he’s getting lonely.
But, Brooke hasn't let her set
backs with Danny stop her. She’s
reaching an understanding (wink,
wink) with Tom Cudihy and Wed
nesday she went to work at The
Goalpost. See, with Erica out of it
for awhile, the restaurant needed
a new hostess. Brooke's trying the
job temporarily.
Across town, the young Tylers
are really having their problems.
Donna quit going to the shrink and
Chuck called Estelle for help. She
talked Donna into going back and
it was an interesting session.
Remember, Donna’s not handl
ing the news she’s sterile very well
and Dr. Polk (her shrink) is trying
to help her. During their last ses
sion they started talking about
Donna’s dad. He started making
improper advances toward her
when she was 13 and Donna's so
ashamed of it. Anyway, she
screamed a little, flashed back a
little and sobbed a little. In the end,
she was just as crazy as when she
went in. It’s going to be a long,
hard fight, Dr. Polk.
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