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Information on accessing victim and witness support services.
The Victim Personal Statement gives victims an opportunity to explain how the crime has affected them, physically, emotionally, psychologically, financially or in any other way.
An overview of resources to help victims of violent or sexual crime understand the parole process and their entitlements within the Victim Contact Scheme.
The Defence Victim Witness Care Unit (VWCU) provides support and guidance for victims and witnesses during their journey through the Service Justice System.
Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Church on 29 April 2024
The Victims’ Advisory Panel (VAP) is for victims of crime and their families to have a say in the reform of the Criminal Justice System.
Innocent people who have suffered miscarriages of justice, personal harm or injury are among those who will benefit from upcoming changes to legal aid means testing coming into effect this year.
Free support and advice if you've been the victim of crime and information on restorative justice.
Improving victims engagement in the parole process
Information for British nationals affected by rape or sexual assault abroad, including how to access medical treatment and legal advice in the UK.
Vile abusers who rape a child will have their own parental responsibilities automatically removed under new laws.
Guidance on the different types of compensation within the justice system.
Make a victim personal statement to the Parole Board - who can make one, how to write it, and what happens at a parole hearing
Details of Police and Crime Commissioners and nationally commissioned service providers awarded grant funding from the Ministry of Justice’s Victim and Witness Budget to deliver victim and witness support.
If you've been the victim of a crime, you have the right to privacy, to make a personal statement and to contact the police and be kept informed about the investigation.
Understand victim classification, the protocols around making contact, keeping victims informed, storing data and restorative justice.
Form T144: Victim's representations to the Tribunal.
Guidelines on the acceptance of pleas and the prosecutor's role in the sentencing exercise (revised 2009).
How to claim compensation if you've been seriously injured in a violent crime using the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) scheme.
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