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Date: November 22, 2024 Fri
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Results for victims of crime (canada)
2 results foundAuthor: Wemmers, Jo-Anne Title: The Offer of Restorative Justice to Victims of Violent Crime: Should it be Protective or Proactive? Summary: Restorative justice favours the participation of both victims and offenders and promotes dialogue between these two parties to deal with the consequences of victimization. Research has shown that victims are generally very pleased with restorative justice. The main question is, therefore, not whether restorative justice should be offered to victims but how this should be done. In general, two divergent approaches exist: the protective model, which seeks to protect victims from possible secondary victimization and the proactive model, which seeks to inform victims about their options so that they can decide for themselves what they want to do. The present study is a qualitative study with victims of violent crime who participated in restorative justice programs, which followed either of these approaches. Based on victims’ experiences and views, the authors present a model procedure on how to offer restorative justice to victims. Details: Montreal: Centre International de Criminologie Comparee (CICC), 2011. 58p. Source: Collection resultats de recherche No. 4: Internet Resource: Accessed March 13, 2012 at Year: 2011 Country: Canada URL: Shelf Number: 124529 Keywords: Restorative Justice (Canada)Victims of Crime (Canada)Violent Crime (Canada) |
Author: Ford, Amanda Title: Victim Services in Canada: National, Provincial and Territorial Fact Sheets 2009/2010 Summary: In Canada, there are a variety of government-funded agencies whose mandate is to provide assistance to both primary and secondary victims of crime. A primary victim of crime is a person who is the direct victim of a criminal offence, while a secondary victim of crime is a person who has suffered harm or loss as a result of an incident perpetrated against another person, for example, the spouse of a homicide victim. Information on the types of programs offered by victim service providers as well as those who utilize these services is collected by the Victim Services Survey (VSS). This series of fact sheets presents results from the 2009/2010 cycle of the VSS at the national, provincial and territorial levels. All of the provinces and territories have their own models of service delivery for victims of crime and each has passed legislation to assist victims of crime (Department of Justice Canada 2010). Services offered to victims can cover a wide range, from counselling and financial compensation to public education and crisis intervention. As such, any comparisons made between jurisdictions should be interpreted with caution. It is important to note that two reference periods are used in these fact sheets. Information on the providers themselves, including the types of programs and the services offered, is based upon the fiscal year period from April 1, 2009 to March 31, 2010. Information on the victims who utilized these services is based upon a snapshot date of May 27, 2010. Not all victim service providers were able to report complete data. Where this is the case, exclusions are noted. Details: Ottawa: Statistics Canada, 2012. 33p. Source: Catalogue no. 85-003-XWE: Internet Resource: Accessed March 13, 2012 at http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-003-x/85-003-x2011001-eng.pdf Year: 2012 Country: Canada URL: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-003-x/85-003-x2011001-eng.pdf Shelf Number: 124531 Keywords: Crime StatisticsVictims of Crime (Canada)Victims Services (Canada) |