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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Crime victims"”.
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Exploring Justice for Crime Victims: Characteristics and Contexts of Crime Victims' Experiences with the Criminal Justice System
<p>During the last three decades, crime victims have increasingly been recognized by the criminal justice system as more than just witnesses for the prosecution. For example, in all 50 states crime victims are afforded specific statutory rights ranging from being treated with dignity and respect to …
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The Role of Emotions in Judgments of Crime Victims
A growing body of evidence shows that crime victims’ emotional expressions can influence legal judgments, such as credibility assessments. However, the role of emotions in judgments of crime victims in interpersonal settings outside the legal arena has not been explored, and a range of potentially …
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The role of police in enabling crime victims to access criminal injuries compensation: A survey of four police departments.
… that individual police officers play in making victims aware of criminal injuries compensation. Specifically, this study examines the behaviour, knowledge, and attitude of police officers in four police departments--two with a victim assistance unit and two without. The study found that officers …
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Villiga stödjare och motvilliga offer : Självpresentation och identitetsskapande hos stödjare och brottsoffer
Crime victim is a term with many connotations, which has been criticized for implying passivity and helplessness. To be categorized as a crime victim is not always welcomed. Still, being able to claim status as a victim is also connected to gains, in terms of both financial compensation and …
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Ireland’s criminal justice system and its response to victims of crime with intellectual disabilities: adversarial procedure on trial
… criminal process addresses the specific needs of victims of crime with intellectual disabilities. By critically analysing the evolution of the adversarial legal tradition, it interrogates the epistemic values which have traditionally been at the heart of Ireland’s criminal justice narrative. …
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Pastorale versorging van getraumatiseerde slagoffers van geweldmisdaad
… developed into a cesspool of violence. Violent crime is currently a common factor in everyday life. It is especially the severe nature of the assault and mutilation that makes violent crimes so traumatizing. The aim of this study is to identify the need for counselling of these traumatized …
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Hate By Numbers: Exploring Hate Crime Reporting Across Crime Type And Among Special Interest Groups Using The NCVS
Hate crimes are of particular harm to both individual victims and the communities they represent but are difficult to measure due to challenges facing data collection and reporting to police. The National Crime Victimization Survey, or NCVS, is an important tool for gathering data regarding crime …
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Kränkning och upprättelse : En rättssociologisk studie av kränkningsersättning till brottsoffer
… in the question of how damages for violation of crime is determined. This type of non-pecuniary damages to crime victims has a fundamental uncertainty regarding the computation of damages and what is really meant by “violation” in the meaning of the law. There is also a gliding between the …
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Biased policing, martyrdom, white gratitude & brown pain: media narratives surrounding the Bruce McArthur case
… Existing research on news media framing of crime victims lacks to understand how the news media frames queer victims of crime. This research sought to explore the emergent media narratives framing the McArthur case through a critical discourse analysis of 212 news items from the Toronto Sun, …
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Opening the "Black Box": A Naturalistic Case Study of Restorative Justice
… conducted with 37 participants including adult crime victims, juvenile offenders and their parents, and service providers involving mediators and referral sources. Findings highlight that VOM helped participants put a face on crimes, which led them to acquire the unseen impact of the crimes. In …
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Obtaining Legal Status in the United States: Undocumented Latinas Near Chicago and the Strategic Use of Mental Health
… process experienced by undocumented immigrant crime victims and their legal advisors in a suburb of Chicago, Illinois. I focus on the strategic use of mental health by applicants for U-Visas related to domestic violence cases by investigating the complex intersection between immigration law and …
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Media induced anxiety in the active duty medical clinic setting: A pilot study
… research had been focused on war veterans, rape/crime victims, and vehicle accident victims. Post- 9/11, a new surge of research has been focused on survivors, eyewitnesses, and media watchers to the extraordinary events that occurred on that historic day. The current news media stimuli of …
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Family-based treatments for serious juvenile offenders : a multilevel meta-analysis
Violent criminal acts and other serious crimes committed by youths result in considerable emotional, physical, and economic effects on these youths, their families, crime victims, and the larger community. Researchers have identified several family-based treatments that hold considerable promise in …
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Matching provision to needs : the example of victim support
… The focal points of this work are the impact of crime upon victims and the extent to which they feel that Victim Support, as a service provider, has helped to restore their sense of equilibrium. In this way the success of a community response to crime is considered. The research was undertaken …
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The Crime Victim Movement and United States Public Culture
This dissertation examines the U.S. crime victim movement's media practices within the larger context of public discourse about victimization by crime, violence and disaster from 1964 to the present. This work considers the predilection toward victims' rights approaches to crime and violence within …
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Effects of Emotional Intelligence Training on Incarcerated Adult Males Involved in Pre-Release Programming
… (EI) training for adult male inmates. Acts of crime and violence cause psychological repercussions to crime victims and financial burdens on our society. Historically, those involved in the criminal justice system have strived to gather knowledge about criminal behavior in order to guide …
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Accommodating Justice: an exploratory study of structures and processes that shape victim participation and the Presentation of victim impact statements in the sentencing of homicide offenders in the NSW Supreme Court
… to established sentencing practices that enable crime victims to participate in sentencing hearings. These changes have generated uncertainty in relation to the proper function of the sentencing hearing and raised concerns that victim participation, especially by oral victim impact statements …
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Hate crime law & social contention : a comparison of nongovernmental knowledge practices in Canada & the United States
Hate crime laws in both Canada and the United States purport to promote equality using the language of antidiscrimination law. National criminal codes in both countries authorize enhanced punishment for crimes motivated by “sexual orientation” but not “gender identity” or “gender expression.” …
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Rationalising Crime Calls - a Study of Police and Customer Interaction
… to investigate a specific and limited number of crimes by telephone, in the anticipation that they can reduce pressure on 'front line' police staff. The study assesses the impact of this change on policing services, police officers and the public.<br/><br/>This is achieved through a variety of …
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Upaya pencapaian keadilan restoratif dan keadilan prosedural korban KDRT: Studi kasus di Unit Pelayanan Perempuan dan Anak, Polres Malang Kota
… conditions well before the occurrence of crime on victims, perpetrators and the community at large. Another procedural justice is justice in the legal process-oriented. In contrast to the restorative justice seeks to pursue the benefits of peace, justice emphasizes procedural assessment of …
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