Victim Impact Statement in UK Law
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Delivering a Victim Impact Statement: Emotionally effective or counter-productive?
Although the delivery of a Victim Impact Statement (VIS) in court is assumed to contribute to the healing and recovery process of victims of violent crimes, its effectiveness to facilitate emotiona...
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Heterogeneity in victim participation: A new perspective on delivering a Victim Impact Statement
A central question in the debate about victim participation in criminal justice procedures is which instrument available to victims ‘works’. The purpose of the present study was to examine which fa...
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Observers’ reactions to victim impact statements
Previous research has shown that expectancy violations can have both affective and cognitive consequences. In particular, recent victimological research argues that people’s perceptions and judgmen...... ... victim impact statement not only ran the risk of being evaluated as less credible than victims of more severe crimes who delivered the exact same victim impact statement, ... ...
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Reparation in the German Criminal Justice System: What is, and what Remains to be Done
Part one of this article shows how the idea that offenders should make reparation to their victims figures within the German criminal justice system. In analysing the present state of the law, the ...... ... ' are described, a feature that allows the victim to participate at trial yet – unlike the im-impact-statement' approach taken in some common-law ... ...
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One rule for the goose, one for the gander? Wrongfulness and harmfulness in determining reactions to offenders and victims of crime
People’s reactions to offenders and victims of crime follow different rationales. Whereas the punishment of the offender is primarily determined by the severity of the crime (which includes its for...... ... the actual harm that is experienced by the victim drives the need for his or her support and stance. With the introduction of the Victim Impact ... , reactions to crime, Victim Impact Statement, wrongfulness ... Previous research has shown ... ...
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Victim personal statements in England and Wales: Latest (and last) trends from the Witness and Victim Experience Survey
Crime victims and victims’ advocates have for many years called for greater input into the criminal process, and in particular at the stage of sentencing. Today, victims in almost all common law co...... ... the sentencing process, usually by providing information about the impact of the crime. This impact evidence is placed before a sentencing court in the form of a victim impact statement (VIS) or victim personal statement (VPS) as it is known in England and ... ...
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Gender, emotionality, and victim impact statements
Purpose: The present study aims to examine the influence of emotional content and gender pertaining to victim impact statements (VIS) on sentencing outcomes. Design/methodology/approach: The autho...... ... on sentencing outcomes.Design/methodology/approach – The authors used a 2 (emotionality) £2 (participant gender) £2(victim gender) £2 (statement gender) factorial design. Participants (n¼715) read a crime vignetteand corresponding VIS, and completed questionnaires pertaining to sentencing ... ...
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The Reactions of Prosecutors and Judges to Victim Impact Statements
This paper details the results of two studies that document the reactions of prosecutors and judges to victim impact statements. Criminal justice officials were asked for their views on the princip...... ... As of 1982, 12 states had passed victim impact statement laws (Hudson, 1984 ); by 1984, the number had climbed to 22 (Davis, Fischer and Pay kin, 1985). As of August 1987, 48 states ... ...
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Victim Participation in Proceedings and Sentencing in Europe
The article reviews the different ways in which victims can influence the course and outcome of criminal proceedings in different European criminal justice systems. The range is from some jurisdict...... ... be a European companion piece to articles on the victim impact statement. That changed matters. The VIS is intended to provide ... ...
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Vengeance, Victims and the Identities of Law
... ... democracies is to displace the victim, to shut the door on those ... the admission of so- called victim-impact ... is presented with a victim-impact statement. Private pain and ... ...
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