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10 results foundAuthor: Great Britain. HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate, HM Inspectorate of Court Administration, and HM Inspectorate of Constabulary Title: Report of a Joint Thematic Review of Victim and Witness Experiences in the Criminal Justice System Summary: This joint inspectorate report examined the effectiveness of services provided to victims and witnesses of crime, and whether they maximized the likelihood of witnesses attending court and improved the confidence of victims and witnesses in the criminal justice system. Details: London: Criminal Justice Joint Inspection, 2009 Source: Year: 2009 Country: United Kingdom URL: Shelf Number: 116247 Keywords: Criminal Justice SystemsVictimsWitnesses |
Author: Mossman, Elaine Title: Responding to Sexual Violence: A Review of Literature on Good Practice Summary: This report responds to a request by the Ministry of Women's Affairs to the Crime and Justice Research Centre to conduct a critical literature review outlining international and New Zealand perspectives on good practice for services that respond to adult survivors of sexual violence. With regard to medical, criminal justice, mental health and support systems a different post-assault periods and in relation to diverse social and cultural groups, the specific objectives of this review were to: a) identify and critique good practice models within and across systems, internationally and in New Zealand; b) describe factors that promote good practice within and across systems; and c) identify New Zealand guidelines for dealing with adult victim/survivors of sexual violence. Details: Wellington, NZ: New Zealand Ministry of Women's Affairs, 2009 Source: Crime and Justice Research Centre; University of Wellington Year: 2009 Country: New Zealand URL: Shelf Number: 117382 Keywords: Criminal Justice PolicySexual ViolenceVictims |
Author: Rosay, Andre B. Title: Alaska Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Study Summary: This study identified the characteristics of sexual assault victimizations in Alaska, as recorded by sexual assault nurse examiners (SANEs) in eight cities, with attention to the key factors that impacted victims' gential injury and case legal resolutions. Details: Anchorage, AK: University of Alaska at Anchorage, Justice Center and the Forensic Nurse Services of Anchorage, 2008. 128p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed May 25, 2016 at: https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/224520.pdf Year: 2008 Country: United States URL: https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/224520.pdf Shelf Number: 113545 Keywords: InjurySexual AssaultsSexual ViolenceVictims |
Author: Levin, Cecilia Friedman Title: Insult to Injury: Violations of the Violence Against Women Act Summary: The authors of this report find that a significant number of domestic violence victims have faced discrimination when applying for housing. Further findings indicate the domestic violence victims are routinely evicted from housing for reasons directly related to the actions of their abusers. Details: Washington, DC: National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty, 2009 Source: Year: 2009 Country: United States URL: Shelf Number: 115793 Keywords: Domestic ViolenceHomelessnessVictims |
Author: Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. Crime Statistics Unit Title: School Crimes Study: A Study of Offenses, Offender, Arrestee and Victim Data Reported to the Tennessee Incident Based Reporting System Summary: The purpose of this study was to present information about the characteristics surrounding crime in Tennessee schools, focusing upon public and private school systems, excluding colleges/universities and technical schools. The time frame covered by the study was the years 2006 through 2008. The study was completed by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Crime Statistics Unit using data provided by the Tennessee Incident Based Reporting System (TIBRS). Details: Nashville: 2009 Source: Year: 2009 Country: United States URL: Shelf Number: 115742 Keywords: School CrimeVictims |
Author: Mossman, Elaine Title: Responding to Sexual Violence: Environmental Scan of New Zealand Agencies Summary: This report presents the findings of an environmental scan of agencies and key informants that respond to victim/survivors of sexual violence. The objectives of the environmental scan were to identify key informants' views on: factors influencing victim/survivors' access to the criminal justice system and non-criminal justice services; victim services' capacity to meet victim/survivors' needs, including gaps in services; victim services' views on what works to promote recovery and resilience; the impact of location on victim/survivors' ability to disclose sexual violence, particularly in respect of the level of services available locally, and have their needs met; police and prosecutors' views on attrition of recorded sexual violation offences and the effect of systemic, organizational and other contextual factors on investigating and prosecuting sexual violence offences. Details: Wellington, NZ: New Zealand Ministry of Women's Affairs, 2009 Source: Crime and Justice Research Center, Victoria University of Wellington Year: 2009 Country: New Zealand URL: Shelf Number: 117391 Keywords: Criminal Case ProcessingProsecutorsSexual ViolenceVictims |
Author: New Zealand. Ministry of Women's Affairs Title: Restoring Soul: Effective Interventions for Adult Victim/Survivors of Sexual Violence Summary: This report is one of five from the Ministry of Women's Affairs' Sexual Violence Research Project. This overview report combines the findings that emerged from four interrelated research projects and considers the implications from a research perspective. The report focuses on 'what works' for adult survivors of sexual violence. Details: Wellington, NZ: Ministry of Women's Affairs, 2009. 89p. Source: Year: 2009 Country: New Zealand URL: Shelf Number: 117772 Keywords: Sexual AbuseSexual ViolenceVictims |
Author: Morgan, Rachel E. Title: Race And Hispanic Origin Of Victims And Offenders, 2012-15 Summary: Presents estimates of violent victimization (rape or sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault, and simple assault) by the race and Hispanic origin of victims and offenders during the 4-year period from 2012 through 2015. This report examines victim, offender, and incident characteristics, such as crime type, victim-offender relationship, and reporting to police. Findings are based on data from BJS's National Crime Victimization Survey, which collects information on nonfatal crimes, reported and not reported to the police, against persons age 12 or older. Highlights: During 2012-15, half (51%) of violent victimizations were intraracial, that is both victims and offenders were the same race or both were of Hispanic origin. In the majority of violent victimizations, white victims' offenders were white (57%) and black victims' offenders were black (63%). The rates of total violent crime, serious violent crime, and simple assault were higher for intraracial victimizations than for interracial victimizations. From 1994 to 2015, white-on-white violence (down 79%) and black-on-black violence (down 78%) declined at a similar rate. During 2012-15, there were no differences among white, black, and Hispanic intraracial victimizations reported to police. Details: Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2017. 21p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed October 20, 2017 at: https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/rhovo1215.pdf Year: 2017 Country: United States URL: https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/rhovo1215.pdf Shelf Number: 147744 Keywords: Crime StatisticsNational Crime Victimization SurveyRace and CrimeRapeRobberySexual AssaultVictimizationVictimsViolent Crime |
Author: Koskenoja, Maija Title: An Unknown Future: A Report on the Effectiveness of Legislation Concerning Assistance for Victims of Human Trafficking Conclusions and Recommendations Summary: Abstract The Non-Discrimination Ombudsman and the European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control, affiliated with the United Nations (HEUNI) jointly implemented an assessment of legislation that applies to assistance for victims of human trafficking in Finland (Act on the reception of persons seeking international protection and on the identification of and assistance to victims of trafficking in human beings, (746/2011). The report is based on extensive document and interview material including, for example, the entries in client records concerning assistance provided to 66 victims of human trafficking. In addition, a total of 83 specialists working in the field of counteracting human trafficking across Finland were interviewed for the report. The report shows that the social and health administration in municipalities is not familiar with the act that applies to the reception of and assistance to victims of human trafficking and that the special status of victims of human trafficking as recipients of services is not realised in municipalities. Victims of human trafficking do not always receive the statutory services they would be entitled to. There are also Finnish citizens among these victims. The report also reveals that there are people in Finland who, in spite of their need for assistance for reasons related to human trafficking, do not get sufficient help from the system of assistance for victims of human trafficking, or who do not find their way to or are not within the scope of the assistance provided by the authorities. According to the report, a central reason for this is the strong link between the provision of assistance and the process of bringing perpetrators to justice (the criminal process) that results from legislation and its application. This link seems to have become stronger as a result of the legislative amendment that entered into force in 2015. All in all, the system of assistance for victims of human trafficking, which is managed by the reception centre in Joutseno, carries out good work with its clients as well as good cooperation with other authorities. Based on the report, the most important recommendations are: 1. Enacting a special act that applies to assistance for victims of human trafficking, 2. Issuing instructions to municipalities for the application of legislation concerning assistance for victims of human trafficking and, 3. Improving the operational capacities of non-governmental organisations. Details: Valtioneuvoston: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Finland 2018. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed January 9, 2019 at: https://tietokayttoon.fi/documents/1927382/2158283/An+unknown+future.pdf/de58c765-d4f7-4ddf-b23c-345ec1c65686/An+unknown+future.pdf.pdf Year: 2018 Country: Finland URL: https://tietokayttoon.fi/documents/1927382/2158283/An+unknown+future.pdf/de58c765-d4f7-4ddf-b23c-345ec1c65686/An+unknown+future.pdf.pdf Shelf Number: 154050 Keywords: European Institute for Crime Prevention and ControFinlandHEUNIHuman TraffickingInternational ProtectionLegislation ApplicationNon-Discrimination OmbudsmanVictim AssistanceVictims |
Author: Dijk, Jan van Title: Multiple Systems Estimation for Estimating the Number of Victims of Human Trafficking Across the World Summary: Overview UNODC has been collecting international statistics on detected victims of trafficking in persons since 2003. At present, there is no sound estimate of the non-detected number of victims of trafficking in persons worldwide. Due to methodological differences and the challenges associated with estimating the sizes of hidden populations such as trafficking victims, this is a task that has so far not been satisfactorily accomplished. However, these efforts are set to gain momentum now that the eradication of trafficking in persons has been adopted as part of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The number of victims of human trafficking has been selected as an indicator to measure progress towards the implementation of SDG target 16.2. In light of current efforts and challenges to collect this type of information, this research brief explores the potential of Multiple Systems Estimation as an alternative, efficient method of estimating the number of non-detected numbers of victims of trafficking in persons in a country. In short, the MSE methodology utilizes existing lists of victims of trafficking by different authorities or NGOs and on the basis of a statistical methodology based on the concept of the caprture-ricaprture method the "dark figure" of victims that are not included on any list is estimated by analyzing the overlaps between the lists. A pioneering study of the UK’s Home Office published in 2014 applied MSE to an existing database on detected victims of human trafficking maintained by the National Crime Agency of the United Kingdom. The resulting estimate of the dark number of victims of this crime (Silverman 2014; Bales, Henketh and Silverman 2015) was three to five times the number of detected victims (which ranged between 7,000-10,000). This research brief present the preliminary results of a similar exercise using the databases of the National Rapporteur on Human Trafficking of the Netherlands to arrive for the first time at an estimate of undetected victims of trafficking in persons in the Netherlands. This estimate reveals that ten per cent of all victims are detected in the Netherlands and the total total number of victims is 17,800 (range 14,000-23,900). This research shows the potential of applying the Multiple Systems Estimation method to the databases on detected victims of other countries. An analysis of the data on identified victims of countries in the UNODC database on trafficking in persons of 2012 suggests that MSE could potentially be applied to existing databases of around fifty countries around the world. An in-depth analysis of existing databases on detected victims in Europe suggests that in at least a dozen European countries, existing multi-source databases would allow Multiple Systems Estimation. Finally, this research brief provides some recommendations on next steps in the design of an efficient international statistical system on detected and undetected victims of human trafficking as envisaged by the SDG indicator framework. Generating a methodologically sound estimate of the global number of trafficking victims, in order to better formulate policy and help bring an end to all forms of trafficking in persons, is a commendable objective that is now within our reach. Details: Vienna, Austra: United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, 2016. 46p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed January 20, 2019 at: https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/tip/TiPMSE.pdf Year: 2016 Country: International URL: https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/tip/TiPMSE.pdf Shelf Number: 154250 Keywords: Dark Figure Hidden Populations Human Trafficking Multiple Systems Estimation Sustainable Development Goals Trafficking in Persons Victims |