RT Article
T1 Victim personal statements: an analysis of notification and utilization
JF Criminology & criminal justice
VO 14
IS 2
SP 216
OP 234
A1 Mastrocinque, Jeanna M.
LA English
YR 2014
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1863801634
AB Victim statement policies are a controversial topic inspiring several decades of debate. Criminal justice systems internationally have implemented diverse types of victim statement policies; however, regardless of the type of policy, literature supports that victims seldom provide statements. Despite these findings, few studies have explored the notification and utilization of these policies. The current study selects the Victim Personal Statement (VPS) policy in England and Wales to evaluate what factors influence whether victims are informed of the VPS, and what factors influence one’s decision to provide a VPS by using British Crime Survey (BCS) data. The findings support that several victim, offender, offense, and jurisdictional characteristics influence both notification and utilization of victim statements. The implications for these findings regarding victim statement policies are discussed.
NO Literaturverzeichnis
K1 British Crime Survey
K1 notification
K1 Victim Personal Statements
K1 Victims
K1 victim statements
DO 10.1177/1748895812469382