FL05 Victim focus Flashcards
What does victim mean?
(a) Under the Act, a victim means:
(i) A person against whom an offence is committed by another
person.
(ii) A person who, through, or by means of, an offence committed
by another person, suffers physical injury, or loss of, or damage
to property.
(iii) A parent or legal guardian of a child, or of a young person who
falls within (i) or (ii) – unless that parent or guardian is the
person charged/convicted.
(iv) A member of the immediate family of a person who, as a result
of an offence committed by another person, dies or is
incapable, unless that family member is the person
charged/convicted.
(b) for the purposes only of sections 7 and 8, includes-
(i) a person who, through, or by means of, an offence committed
by another person, suffers any form of emotional harm; and
(ii) a parent or legal guardian of a child, or of a young person, who
falls within subparagraph (i), unless that parent or guardian is
charged with the commission of, or convicted or found guilty
of, or pleads guilty to, the offence concerned; and
(iii) a person who has experienced domestic violence; and
(iv) a child or young person residing with a person who falls within
subparagraph (iii); and
(c) despite paragraphs (a) and (b), if an offence is committed by a
person, does not include another person charged (whether as a
principal or party or accessory after the fact or otherwise) with the
commission of, or convicted or found guilty of, or who pleads guilty
to, -
(i) that offence; or
(ii) an offence relating to the same incident or series of incidents as
that crime or offence
What does “Immediate Family” in relation to a victim mean?
(a) means a member of the victim’s family, whanau, or other culturally
recognised family group, who is in a close relationship with the
victim at the time of the offence; and
(b) to avoid doubt, includes a person who is—
(i) the victim’s spouse, civil union partner, or de facto partner; or
(ii) the victim’s child or step-child; or
(iii) the victim’s brother or sister or step-brother or step-sister; or
(iv) a parent or step-parent of the victim; or
(v) a grandparent of the victim
What does section 7 cover?
Treatment:
Any person who deals with a victim (for example, a judicial officer, lawyer, member of court staff, Police employee, probation officer, or member of the New Zealand Parole Board) should—
(a)
treat the victim with courtesy and compassion; and
(b)
respect the victim’s dignity and privacy.
What does section 11 cover?
Information about programmes, remedies, and services:
A victim must, as soon as practicable after the victim comes into contact with an agency, be given information by the personnel of the agency about programmes, remedies, or services available to the victim through the agency.
What does section 8 cover?
Access to services:
A victim or member of a victim’s family who has welfare, health, counselling, medical, or legal needs arising from the offence should have access to services that are responsive to those needs.
What does section 12 cover?
Supplying information: The prosecuting authority must advise the victims of the: • progress of the investigation • charges filed or action taken • date and place of proceedings • role of the victim as a witness • outcome of proceedings.
What does Section 51 cover?
Return of property:
A person’s property (other than property of the offender) held for evidential purposes must be returned as soon as practicable when it is no longer
required as evidence.
Victims of Specified Offences is section?
Section 29, Victims Rights Act 2002
Victims of which section can go on VNR?
Section 29, Victims of Specified Offences
What is a CVA?
Court victims advisor
Victim Notification Register (VNR) notifies victims if offender?
• escapes from prison or absconds from home detention
• dies in prison, while subject to release conditions, or while on home
detention
• is given compassionate release from custody
• breaches parole, release, or home detention conditions and any
convictions and sentences for breaches
• is discharged or given unescorted leave of absence, or has escaped,
or died, when liable to be detained in a hospital or facility (s37).
What is a VCN and what do we record in it?
Victim contact node- used to record each contact you have with a victim
When can Police make referrals?
24/7
What is victim focus?
Victim Focus is about reducing repeat victimisation by improving our service to victims of crime and ensuring our response meets their needs.
This will range from providing crime prevention advice to a first-time victim, right through to a more formalised plan when assisting high-risk repeat victims.
What is the purpose of the VRA 2002?
The Act is designed to look after the interests of Victims and to see that their needs are met.
