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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Victim Impact Statements"”.
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The Effects of Variations of Victim Impact Statements on Juror Bias
<p> Victim impact statements (VIS) are federally protected statements describing the physical, emotional, and financial impact of a crime on a victim. States can decide the content and timing of the VIS, resulting in much variation. Previous research has found an effect of these variations on mock …
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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
… the last two decades in response to perceived victim dissatisfaction with criminal justice processes, legislatures in various common law jurisdictions have introduced contentious changes to established sentencing practices that enable crime victims to participate in sentencing hearings. These …
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What is a girl worth: the role of discourse in the perpetuation and obfuscation of institutional abuse in USA gymnastics
… girls and women – most of them gymnasts – gave Victim Impact Statements speaking to the abuse they faced not only by then-defendant Larry Nassar, but by numerous coaches. Many testified to the fact that it was the culture of (USA) gymnastics, led by national team coaches Márta and Béla Károlyi …
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Contextualized Risk Assessment in Clinical Practice: Utility of Actuarial, Clinical, and Structured Clinical Approaches to Predictions of Violence.
… Finally, the potentially biasing effects of victim impact statements on resultant decisions were also explored.