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The compensable crimes covered by the Victim Rights Act are basically crimes against persons, rather than property crimes. Those crimes are:

• Murder - 1st and 2nd degree
• Manslaughter 
• Criminally negligent homicide and vehicular homicide 
• Assault - 1st, 2nd, 3rd degree, vehicular 
• Menacing 
• Kidnapping - 1st and 2nd degree 
• Sexual Assault - 1st, 2nd, 3rd degree, on a child, on a child by one in a position of trust, on a client by a psychotherapist 
• Unlawful sexual contact
• Robbery - aggravated, aggravated of a controlled substance 
• Incest and aggravated incest 
• Child Abuse 
• Sexual exploitation of children 
• Crimes against at-risk adults or at-risk juveniles
• Crimes for which the underlying foundation has been determined to be domestic violence by Law Enforcement or the District Attorney in a formal criminal charge  
• Careless driving that results in the death of another person 
• Failure to stop at the scene of an accident that results in the death of another person 
• Harassment by stalking 
• Ethnic intimidation
• Retaliation against a witness or victim
• Tampering with a witness or victim
• Intimidating a witness or victim
• Aggravated intimidation of a witness or victim
• Indecent Exposure
• Violation of a mandatory protection order in cases of first degree sex assault, sex assault on a child, on a child by one in a position of trust, on a client by a psychotherapist
• Any criminal attempt, conspiracy, criminal solicitation, or accessory involving any of the crimes specified above.