Victime And Witness Flashcards
What ABE means ?
Achieving Best Evidence
Definition of Victim
A person who has suffered harm, including, physical, mental or emotional harm or economic loos which was directly caused by criminal offence
Repeat victimisations
Someone who has been a victim of the same crime multiple times such as domestic abuse
Who is a witness?
Someone who can give a first hand account of something seen , heard or experienced either before during or after incident
What is a victim code ?
Sets out the services and a minimum standards for these services that must be provided to victims of crime
Victim code how many principals?
- Right to understand and be understood
- Right to crime recording without delay
- To be provided with information when reporting crime
- To be referred to services that support victims
- info about compensation
- Info about investigation and prosecution
- Make victim personal statement VPS
- Info about trial process and your role as a vwitness
- Info about outcome of the case
- Be paid for expenses and have property returned
- Info about offender following conviction
12.to complaint about rights not being met
VIPS assesment enhenced rights
Provide additional support for victims who are assessed as :
Vulnerable
Intimidated
Persistently targeted
serious crimes
Victim codes updated
5 working days or
1 working day under enhanced rights
Victim codes updated
5 working days or
1 working day under enhanced rights
What VCOP does ?
VCOP consist of a number of questions that assist in assessing the need for enhenced rights
S51 of Criminal Justice & Public Order Act 1994
It is an offence to intimidate , threaten or cause harm to any person involved in the investigation of a criminal offence
What a Kay’s Law mean?
The police have a duty to take into account the victims view before releasing someone on bail
