JSB173 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Victim Support, Procedural Justice, Victim Impact Statement
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Hidden Groups in CJS Victims
Overview
•Historical context - emergence of victims
•International framework
•National framework
•Domestic legislation
•Victims of Crime Assistance Act 2009 (QLD)
◦Victims and police
◦Victims and the court
◦Victims and corrections
•Case study: Victim Impact Statements
Emergence of Victim
•Community used to do own policing, prosecute your offender
•Modern system - state arrests perpetrator and takes them to court
•Lack of input from victims due to reformers can't locate/contact victims
•Where do we go to locate victims???
•Crime victim surveys
◦Victims started to emerge
◦Survey sent to broad population
◦Victim or not of certain crimes
◦What the experience was like
◦Experience of CJS
◦Not intended to find out about what victims wanted
◦Intended to find the dark figure of crime
•How many are arrested, went to court, convicted - official data
•Have you offended - self report
•Crime victim survey
◦How much crime was happening
•Victim precipitation/crime proneness
◦Interplay between victim and offender
◦Open for crime in particular ways
◦Can lead to claims of victim blaming
Other Key Influences
•Feminism movement
◦Domestic violence
◦Sexual assault
◦Rights of victim
•Grassroots victims' rights movements
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◦Actions of victims themselves - band together
◦Victim support organisations
◦Some focused around high profile
◦More violent and serious offences (abduction, sex offences, murder etc.)
•Find out about neglect or mistreatment within CJS
◦Re-victimisation when witnesses
◦Victims to be more involved in procedures in CJS
◦VOIC
◦VOCAL
•'Get tough on crime' movement
◦Victims side
•For safety of community
International Framework
Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power (United
Nations, 1985):
•Access to justice and fair treatment
•Restitution
•Compensation
•Assistance
•Attempt to provide nice playing field across jurisdictions
•Link experiences of victims
National Framework
National framework of rights and services for victims of crime, 2013-2016 (Standing Council on
Law and Justice, 2013):
•Respectful and dignified treatment
•Information and access
◦Timely referral regardless of jurisdiction
•Justice and fair treatment
◦Understanding and exercising rights (according to State or Territory)
•Financial assistance
◦Access
◦Regardless of jurisdiction (live in QLD, crime happened in NSW - NSW provides)
•Leadership and collaboration
◦Early intervention
◦Provide guidance to victims in navigating CJS
State and Territory Legislation
Victims of Crime Assistance Act 2009 (QLD)
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Document Summary
Community used to do own policing, prosecute your offender: modern system - state arrests perpetrator and takes them to court. Victim or not of certain crimes: what the experience was like. Not intended to find out about what victims wanted. Intended to find the dark figure of crime. How many are arrested, went to court, convicted - official data. Jsb173: more violent and serious offences (abduction, sex offences, murder etc. ) Find out about neglect or mistreatment within cjs. Victims to be more involved in procedures in cjs. Declaration of basic principles of justice for victims of crime and abuse of power (united. Attempt to provide nice playing field across jurisdictions. National framework of rights and services for victims of crime, 2013-2016 (standing council on. Understanding and exercising rights (according to state or territory) Regardless of jurisdiction (live in qld, crime happened in nsw - nsw provides) Government entity or employee of government entity - not defense.
