2018 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 54 - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 968 - Victim Services
Section 54-201 - Definitions.
As used in sections 54-201 to 54-235, inclusive:
(1) “Victim” means a person who is injured or killed as provided in section 54-209;
(2) “Personal injury” means (A) actual bodily harm or emotional harm and includes pregnancy and any condition thereof, or (B) injury or death to a service animal owned or kept by a person with a disability;
(3) “Dependent” means any relative of a deceased victim or a person designated by a deceased victim in accordance with section 1-56r who was wholly or partially dependent upon his income at the time of his death or the child of a deceased victim and shall include the child of such victim born after his death;
(4) “Relative” means a person’s spouse, parent, grandparent, stepparent, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, child, including a natural born child, stepchild and adopted child, grandchild, brother, sister, half brother or half sister or a parent of a person’s spouse;
(5) “Crime” means any act which is a felony, as defined in section 53a-25, or misdemeanor, as defined in section 53a-26, and includes any crime committed by a juvenile; and
(6) “Emotional harm” means a mental or emotional impairment that requires treatment through services and that is directly attributable to a threat of (A) physical injury, as defined in subdivision (3) of section 53a-3, or (B) death to the affected person.
(P.A. 78-261, S. 1, 17; P.A. 87-554, S. 17; P.A. 95-175, S. 4; P.A. 02-105, S. 15; P.A. 03-129, S. 1; P.A. 10-36, S. 31; P.A. 17-99, S. 21.)
History: P.A. 87-554 redefined “dependents” to include children of deceased victims and added definition of “crime”; P.A. 95-175 redefined crime to include crimes committed by juveniles; P.A. 02-105 amended Subdiv. (3) by making technical changes and adding a person designated by a victim pursuant to Sec. 1-56r to definition of “dependent”; P.A. 03-129 redefined “personal injury” in Subdiv. (2) by inserting Subpara. (A) designator and adding Subpara. (B) to include injury to a guide dog or assistance dog owned or kept by a blind or disabled person; P.A. 10-36 amended Subdiv. (4) to make technical changes, effective July 1, 2010; P.A. 17-99 replaced reference to Sec. 54-233 with reference to Sec. 54-235, redefined “personal injury” in Subdiv. (2), redefined “relative” in Subdiv. (4), added Subdiv. (6) defining “emotional harm”, and made technical changes.
