Vt. Stat. tit. 13 § 5301 : CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE — CRIMINAL PROCEDURE GENERALLY — VICTIMS — Definitions
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Disposition" means the sentencing or determination of penalty or punishment to be imposed upon a person convicted of a crime or against whom a finding of sufficient facts for conviction is made.
(2) "Family member" means a spouse, child, sibling, parent, next of kin, domestic partner, or legal guardian of a victim.
(3) "Restitution" means money or services that a court orders a defendant to pay or render to a victim as a part of the disposition.
(4) "Victim" means a person who sustains physical, emotional, or financial injury or death as a direct result of the commission or attempted commission of a crime or act of delinquency and shall also include the family members of a minor, a person who has been found to be incompetent, or a homicide victim.
(5) "Affected person" means any of the following persons who has requested notification in writing from the court or the Department of Corrections:
(A) witnesses;
(B) jurors;
(C) family members who are not covered by subdivision (4) of this section;
(D) any other persons who demonstrate to the court that the release or escape of a defendant will constitute a threat of physical, emotional, or financial injury or death.
(6) "Release" means release from a correctional facility to furlough or to probation or parole supervision, release from a correctional facility upon expiration of sentence or release from a correctional facility on bail after the defendant's initial appearance.
(7) "Listed crime" means any of the following offenses:
(A) stalking as defined in section
1062 of this title;
(B) aggravated stalking as defined in subdivision
1063 (b) of this title;
(C) domestic assault as defined in section
1042 of this title;
(D) first degree aggravated domestic assault as defined in section
1043 of this title;
(E) second degree aggravated domestic assault as defined in section
1044 of this title;
(F) sexual assault as defined in section
3252 of this title or its predecessor as it was defined in section 3201 or 3202 of this title;
(G) aggravated sexual assault as defined in section
3253 of this title;
(H) lewd or lascivious conduct as defined in section
2601 of this title;
(I) lewd or lascivious conduct with a child as defined in section
2602 of this title;
(J) murder as defined in section
2301 of this title;
(K) aggravated murder as defined in section
2311 of this title;
(L) manslaughter as defined in section
2304 of this title;
(M) aggravated assault as defined in section
1024 of this title;
(N) assault and robbery with a dangerous weapon as defined in subsection
608(b) of this title;
(O) arson causing death as defined in section
501 of this title;
(P) assault and robbery causing bodily injury as defined in subsection
608(c) of this title;
(Q) maiming as defined in section
2701 of this title;
(R) kidnapping as defined in section
2405 of this title or its predecessor as it was defined in section 2401 of this title;
(S) unlawful restraint in the second degree as defined in section
2406 of this title;
(T) unlawful restraint in the first degree as defined in section
2407 of this title;
(U) recklessly endangering another person as defined in section
1025 of this title;
(V) violation of abuse prevention order as defined in section
1030 of this title, excluding violation of an abuse prevention order issued pursuant to
15 V.S.A. § 1104 (emergency relief) or
33 V.S.A. § 6936 (emergency relief);
(W) operating vehicle under the influence of alcohol or other substance with either death or serious bodily injury resulting as defined in
23 V.S.A. § 1210(f) and (g);
(X) negligent or grossly negligent operation resulting in serious bodily injury or death as defined in
23 V.S.A. § 1091(b);
(Y) leaving the scene of an accident with serious bodily injury or death as defined in
23 V.S.A. § 1128(b) or (c);
(Z) burglary into an occupied dwelling as defined in subsection
1201(c) of this title;
(AA) the attempt to commit any of the offenses listed in this section;
(BB) abuse ( section
1376 of this title), abuse by restraint ( section
1377 of this title), neglect ( section
1378 of this title), sexual abuse ( section
1379 of this title), financial exploitation ( section
1380 of this title), and exploitation of services ( section
1381 of this title);
(CC) aggravated sexual assault of a child in violation of section
3253a of this title;
(DD) human trafficking in violation of section
2652 of this title; and
(EE) aggravated human trafficking in violation of section
2653 of this title.