The (Political) Pursuit of Victim Voice:&lt;br&gt;(Comparative) Observations on the Dutch Draft on the &lt;i&gt;Adviesrecht&lt;i&gt;

Kool, Renée; Verhage, Georgianna

doi:10.18352/ulr.292

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“…In an adversarial system VIS is submitted after conviction and before sentencing. In inquisitorial systems, the assessment of guilt and sentencing occurs during the same court hearing, this means that victims deliver a VIS when the suspect can still be acquitted (Braun, 2013;Kool & Verhage, 2014). Secondly, the role that the judges play in court is different.…”

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“…Similar to the international debates, there has been much contestation about VIS in Dutch policy and politics. When introduced in a limited form in 2005, it was believed that the VIS would better inform the judges about the circumstances and consequences of the alleged offending (Kool & Verhage, 2014). Additionally, it was believed that the defendant might realize the consequences of the crime and then not recidivate.…”

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Understanding the Relation Between Agency and Communion and Victim Impact Statements

Kragting,

Elbers,

Augusteijn

et al. 2024

Int Criminol

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Victim impact statements (VIS) have been widely introduced across different jurisdictions. Although early research examined the impact of VIS on sentencing outcomes, more recently researchers have focussed on their effects on victim posttraumatic stress symptoms. This article offers a different framework to this therapeutic approach. Instead, we emphasize that victims’ affective experience can be conceptualized using the Big Two Framework of agency and communion. Victims suffer damage to their sense of agency—status, respect, and the like—and communion—their experiences of connectedness to others. VIS could provide an opportunity to restore these orientations to self and others. Our research offers an empirical investigation into this framework. Victims who delivered an oral VIS in a Dutch criminal court completed an online survey on their experiences (N = 118). In addition, we conducted in-depth interviews to enrich the information from the survey (N = 24). The results show that both agency and communion-related aspects are present when victims talk about their experiences. Victims, for instance, mention feeling stronger—agency and also to be able to help others—communion. The agency aspect of being heard is apparent both in the survey the interview results. These findings suggest that both agency and communion seem to play a role in the effects of delivering a VIS. Implications of the agency and communion approach are discussed.

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Understanding the Relation Between Agency and Communion and Victim Impact Statements

Kragting,

Elbers,

Augusteijn

et al. 2024

Int Criminol

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“…Embedding victim services within the criminal justice system may be further complicated where friction exists between victims’ interests and the procedural rights of the accused (e.g. Kool and Verhage, 2014). Tensions have been noted in the USA between NGO-based victim workers and criminal justice personnel (Globokar et al, 2016) in instances of victim-blaming cultures among police (Payne et al, 2008; Payne and Thompson, 2008; Sudderth, 2006) and court personnel (Hartman and Belknap, 2003; Johnson et al, 2014).…”

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Conscience and convenience: American victim work in organizational context

Globokar

Erez

2018

International Review of Victimology

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Recent years have witnessed the proliferation of victim-focused positions inside and outside the criminal justice system, yet little is known about the occupational characteristics and organizational context of this field in the United States. In this article, we draw on 42 semi-structured interviews with victim workers from a variety of settings and organizational affiliations in the midwestern USA to describe their pathways, activities, and challenges. The data reveal key differences among the experiences of those who were publicly employed, affiliated with the nonprofit sector and working independently. The findings underscore the significance of organizational affiliation in understanding victim work, the value of strong public/private partnerships, and the necessity of reforms to the organizational culture of criminal justice agencies to optimize victim experiences.

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Legal Fictions in Various Forms of Victim Participation

Pemberton,

Bosma

2024

Int Criminol

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The (Political) Pursuit of Victim Voice:<br>(Comparative) Observations on the Dutch Draft on the <i>Adviesrecht<i>

Cited by 7 publications

References 6 publications

Understanding the Relation Between Agency and Communion and Victim Impact Statements

Understanding the Relation Between Agency and Communion and Victim Impact Statements

Conscience and convenience: American victim work in organizational context

Legal Fictions in Various Forms of Victim Participation

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