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Date: April 29, 2024 Mon
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Results for victims of crime (scotland)
2 results foundAuthor: APS Group Scotland Title: Victims in the Criminal Justice System: Phase II Summary: This is the second joint inspection by the Inspectorate of Prosecution in Scotland (IPS) and Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary for Scotland (HMICS) into how victims are treated within the criminal justice system in Scotland. The first joint report, covering cases where no court proceedings were commenced, was published in October 2010. In 2001 the Scottish Government document ‘The Scottish Strategy for Victims’ hereinafter called the Strategy was launched. It was developed in response to developments throughout Scotland, Europe and internationally, including the United Nations declaration of basic principles of justice for victims of crime and abuse of power. The Strategy was strengthened by the development of National Standards for Victims of Crime which was launched by the then Scottish Executive in 2005. The three main objectives of the Strategy are: 1. To ensure information provision to victims (both in respect of the criminal justice system generally but also concerning the case in which they are involved); 2. To ensure provision of emotional and practical support to victims; 3. To achieve greater participation by victims in the criminal justice system. The Scottish Police Service and Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) have both committed to the Strategy which, as with our first report, provided the baseline for our inspection. This phase of our inspection deals with cases in which court proceedings were commenced at a summary level either in the Sheriff Court or Justice of the Peace Court. The writing of the report is ‘timeline’ based from the initial reporting of a crime to the police through to prosecution and post trial handling. We examined two types of crime namely assaults and thefts including housebreaking. Three police forces and their associated Procurator Fiscal Areas were examined during the fieldwork phase. These were Lothian and Borders (City of Edinburgh), Dumfries and Galloway and Fife. Details: Edinburgh: Scottish Government, 2011. 68p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed March 2, 2012 at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/362303/0122607.pdf Year: 2011 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/362303/0122607.pdf Shelf Number: 124364 Keywords: AssaultsCourt Procedures (Scotland)TheftVictim Services (Scotland)Victims of Crime (Scotland) |
Author: Granville, Sue Title: Making Justice Work for Victims and Witnesses Summary: The Scottish Strategy for Victims was published in 2001 and set out an action plan based on three core principles; that victims should be provided with generic and case specific information; that they should receive appropriate support; and that they should have their voice heard. Subsequently in 2005 the National Standards for Victims of Crime set out the level of service that victims and witnesses should expect in their dealings with the criminal justice and children’s hearing systems. Much of the work on witnesses in recent years has focused on implementing the Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2004, phased in between 2005 and 2008; and providing greater focus on the needs of witnesses when giving evidence. The Scottish Government is planning to introduce a Victims and Witnesses Bill, to improve the support available to victims and witnesses and in May 2012 issued a consultation to obtain views on a number of proposals to improve the experience of such individuals. The consultation contained 54 questions in relation to a number of key proposals: • Introducing a victim surcharge so that offenders pay towards the cost of supporting victims; • Requiring the courts to consider compensation in every case where a victim has suffered injury, loss or distress; • Creating a duty on relevant public agencies to set clear standards of service for victims and witnesses; • Creating an automatic right to special measures for victims in cases involving sexual offences and domestic abuse; • Commissioning a feasibility study into how the SG can provide much better information for victims and the public about specific cases; • Improving the way cases are managed so that victims and witnesses can have far greater confidence that, where they are required to give evidence, the case will go ahead on the day as planned; • Victims should be able to make oral representations to a member of the Parole Board so that they can contribute effectively to decisions about parole for criminals subject to life sentences. Details: Edinburgh: Scottish Government Social Research, 2012. 108p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed February 5, 2013 at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/0041/00412912.pdf Year: 2012 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/0041/00412912.pdf Shelf Number: 127479 Keywords: Victim CompensationVictims of Crime (Scotland)Victims ServicesWitnesses |