Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-142A-1

For purposes of the Oklahoma Victim's Rights Act:

1. "Crime victim" or "victim" means any person against whom a

crime or delinquent act was committed or a person directly and

proximately harmed by the commission of a crime or delinquent act,

except homicide, in which case the victim may be a surviving family

member including a stepbrother, stepsister or stepparent, or the

estate when there are no surviving family members other than the

defendant, and who, as a direct result of the crime, suffers injury,

loss of earnings, out-of-pocket expenses, or loss or damage to

property, and who is entitled to restitution from an offender

pursuant to an order of restitution imposed by a sentencing court

under the laws of this state. The term "victim" does not include

the accused or a person whom the court finds would not act in the

best interests of a person who is deceased or incompetent, a minor

or an incapacitated victim;

2. "Injury" means any physical, mental, or emotional harm

caused by the conduct of an offender and includes the expenses

incurred for medical, psychiatric, psychological, or generally

accepted remedial treatment of the actual bodily or mental harm,

including pregnancy and death, directly resulting from a crime and

aggravation of existing physical injuries, if additional losses can

be attributed to the direct result of the crime;

3. "Loss of earnings" means the deprivation of earned income or

of the ability to earn previous levels of income as a direct result

of a crime and the loss of the cash equivalent of Social Security,

railroad retirement, pension plan, retirement plan, disability,

veteran's retirement, court-ordered child support or court-ordered

spousal support, where the payment is the primary source of the

victim's income, and where the victim is deprived of the money as a

direct result of the crime;

4. "Members of the immediate family" means the spouse, a child

by birth or adoption, a stepchild, a parent by birth or adoption, a

stepparent, a grandparent, a grandchild, a sibling, or a stepsibling

of each victim;

5. "Out-of-pocket loss" means the unreimbursed and

nonreimbursable expenses or indebtedness incurred for medical care,

nonmedical care, or other services necessary for the treatment of

the actual bodily or mental harm, including pregnancy and funeral

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expenses, directly resulting from the crime and aggravation of

existing physical injuries, if additional losses can be attributed

directly to the crime; the unreimbursed and nonreimbursable expenses

for damage to real and personal property as a direct result of the

crime, and unreimbursed and nonreimbursable economic losses incurred

as a consequence of participation in prosecution and proceedings

related to the crime;

6. "Property" means any real or personal property;

7. "Restitution" means the return of property to the crime

victim or payments in cash or the equivalent thereof, and payment in

cash or the equivalent thereof as reparation for injury, loss of

earnings, and out-of-pocket loss ordered by the court in the

disposition of a criminal proceeding;

8. "Victim impact statements" means information about the

financial, emotional, psychological, and physical effects of a

violent crime on each victim and members of their immediate family,

or person designated by the victim or by family members of the

victim and includes information about the victim, circumstances

surrounding the crime, the manner in which the crime was

perpetrated, and the opinion of the victim of a recommended

sentence; and

9. "Violent crime" means any crime listed in paragraph 2 of

Section 571 of Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes or any attempt,

conspiracy or solicitation to commit any such crime or the crime of

negligent homicide pursuant to Section 11-903 of Title 47 of the

Oklahoma Statutes or the crime of causing great bodily injury while
trated, and the opinion of the victim of a recommended

sentence; and

9. "Violent crime" means any crime listed in paragraph 2 of

Section 571 of Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes or any attempt,

conspiracy or solicitation to commit any such crime or the crime of

negligent homicide pursuant to Section 11-903 of Title 47 of the

Oklahoma Statutes or the crime of causing great bodily injury while

driving under the influence of intoxicating substance pursuant to

Section 11-904 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes.