Canadian Policing Research Catalogue

Multi-site survey of victims of crime and criminal justice professionals across Canada / prepared by Prairie Research Associates Inc.

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Canadian Policing Research

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e-Books

Alternate Title

Étude dans de nombreux sites sur les victimes de la criminalité et les spécialistes de la justice pénale partout au Canada.

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Description

1 online resource (viii, 287 pages) : charts

Note

Issued also in French under title: Étude dans de nombreux sites sur les victimes de la criminalité et les spécialistes de la justice pénale partout au Canada.
"2004"--Title page.

Summary

"The multi-site survey was conducted under the Victims of Crime Initiative, which, through the Policy Centre for Victim Issues of the Department of Justice Canada, brings together federal, provincial, and territorial governments to respond to the needs of victims and improve victims' experiences in the criminal justice system. The purpose of this survey is to gather information on a wide range of issues concerning the criminal justice system as it pertains to victims and criminal justice professionals, with a particular emphasis on recent Criminal Code provisions as outlined above. Findings from this study will generate evidence to inform future legislative reforms and policy changes by providing insight on the following issues: use and awareness of recent reforms by criminal justice professionals as they pertain to victims of crime; nature of information provided to victims during the criminal justice process; victims' experiences with the legal provisions and other services that are intended to benefit them throughout the criminal justice process; and barriers to the implementation of recent reforms for criminal justice professionals."--Page 2.

Subject

Online Access

Contents

1. Background and Iitroduction -- 1.1. Recent Criminal Code provisions intended to benefit victims -- 1.2. Purpose of the study -- 1.3. Outline of the report -- 2. Methodology -- 2.1. Selection of sites -- 2.2. Respondent groups -- 3. Experience of victims in the criminal justice system -- 3.1. Overview of case and victim characteristics -- 3.2. Services received by victims -- 3.3. Information received by victims -- 3.4. Consideration of victim safety at bail -- 3.5. Experience with testifying -- 3.6. Victim impact statements -- 3.7. Other Criminal Code provisions and restorative justice -- 3.8. Victims’ overview of their experiences -- 4. Findings from criminal justice professionals -- 4.1. Role of the victim in the criminal justice process -- 4.2. Responsibility of criminal justice professionals to victims -- 4.3. Services for victims -- 4.4. Information for victims -- 4.5. Bail determinations -- 4.6. Provisions to facilitate testimony -- 4.7. Preparation for court -- 4.8. Victim impact statements -- 4.9. Restitution -- 4.10. Victim surcharge -- 4.11. Conditional Sentences -- 4.12. Restorative justice -- 4.13. Victim safety post-sentencing -- 4.14. Victim participation in parole -- 4.15. Information for criminal justice professionals -- 4.16. Impact of Criminal Code provisions -- 5. Summary -- 5.1. Results from the multi-site survey of criminal justice professionals -- 5.2. Results from the victim interviews -- Appendix A. The Canadian Statement of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime -- Appendix B. Letter of introduction -- Appendix C. Interview guides and self-administered questionnaires.

Series

Research report (Canada. Department of Justice. Research and Statistics Division) ; rr05vic-1e.
Victim issues research series ; rr05vic-1e.

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