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Date: April 29, 2024 Mon
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Results for victims of crimes (u.k.)
2 results foundAuthor: Great Britain. Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses in England and Wales Title: Victims’ Views of Court and Sentencing Qualitative research with WAVES victims Summary: This report is based on research exploring victims’ qualitative experiences of the Criminal Justice System (CJS) for crimes reaching court and resulting in a sentence. The research was conducted between January and March 2011, at the time the Government was consulting on its recently launched Green Paper Breaking the Cycle: Effective Punishment, Rehabilitation and Sentencing of Offenders. The Green Paper contained proposals of direct relevance to victims of crime and, therefore, it was an opportune time to consider the detailed experiences of victims and their receptiveness to changes that might affect them. Over the last ten years, there has been much talk about placing victims closer to the heart of the CJS, and ‘rebalancing’ the system in their favour. Yet, in this time, there has not been a concomitant amount of research relating to the victim experience of the CJS process, attendance at court, or what the outcome and sentence means for individual victims. The most significant survey in recent times on victims’ experiences of the CJS in post‐charge cases has been the Witness and Victim Experience Survey (WAVES). WAVES was a large‐scale quantitative survey with a focus on measuring levels of victim and witness satisfaction with the CJS, gauging the type of contact they experienced, as well as the provision of information, services, and support. However, WAVES has not provided more detailed qualitative information about victims’ views of their experience. This research seeks to help address this by, for example, exploring why victims were satisfied or dissatisfied, and what their detailed reaction was to the sentence passed in their case. This research looks at victims’ relationship with the CJS process, their views on the sentencing and how these factors affected them. It also considers aspects of the system where victims have the potential to be most closely involved, namely as a recipient of reparation (through financial compensation), through the opportunity to have a voice in the process (through a victim personal statement), and communicate directly with the offender (through restorative justice). Details: London: Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses in England and Wales, 2011. 32p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed October 25, 2011 at: http://www.justice.gov.uk/downloads/news/press-releases/victims-com/victims-views-court-sentencing1011.pdf Year: 2011 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.justice.gov.uk/downloads/news/press-releases/victims-com/victims-views-court-sentencing1011.pdf Shelf Number: 123142 Keywords: Victims of Crimes (U.K.)Witnesses |
Author: Victim Support Title: Summing Up: A Strategic Audit of the Criminal Justice System Summary: This audit looks at the performance of the principal justice agencies through the eyes of the victims and witnesses who use them. There are many aspects of our justice system that are very positive – for example, the fall in crime and anxiety, and rise in public confidence – but this audit shows that despite these changes, victims and witnesses are still not treated as well as they should be. Victimisation remains a common reality for many – one in five are victimised every year – and is clustered around specific groups, such as young people and those living in deprived areas. The justice system gets less than 5% of government spending and less than 1p in every £1 of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) budget is spent on victims and witnesses directly. This low level of funding does not reflect a low level of need: more than one in five victims wants some form of support, but at least three out of ten do not get the support they need. The public has very low confidence in how the criminal justice system (CJS) treats victims: just over a third (36%) of the general public feel that the CJS meets the needs of victims. Moreover, victims in particular are less satisfied with the justice system and have a poorer opinion of the police than non-victims, suggesting that interaction with the CJS actually reduces rather than improves confidence. However, contact with Victim Support can help reverse this situation. New research shows that those who have had contact with Victim Support have more confidence in the CJS, are more likely to think that the police do an excellent job, have a greater satisfaction with the police’s handling of their case and greater trust in the fairness of the CJS. Unfortunately, access to victims’ services is predominantly through the police, yet less than half of victims report the crime to the police. Moreover, the police response to victims of crime varies considerably depending on where they live. Referral to support services ranges from 20% to 100%, and those living in London are less than half as likely to recall being given the opportunity to make a victim personal statement (VPS) than those living in Northumbria. Details: London: Victim Support, 2011. 32p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed November 7, 2011 at: http://www.victimsupport.org.uk/sitecore/content/RSS%20Feeds/~/media/28B7772DE9174CB9819CFDA9052ED40D.ashx Year: 2011 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.victimsupport.org.uk/sitecore/content/RSS%20Feeds/~/media/28B7772DE9174CB9819CFDA9052ED40D.ashx Shelf Number: 123252 Keywords: Victim ServicesVictims of Crimes (U.K.) |