scholarly journals The ‘punches behind the punch’: poetry as Victim Impact Statement

TEXT ◽  
2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Anae
Keyword(s):  
Victim Impact Statement

Introducing Victim Impact Statement in India: Reconceptualizing Victim Status

2021 ◽  
pp. 251660692199175
Author(s):  
Devansh Dubey ◽  
Payas Jain
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Subjective Experience ◽  
Due Process ◽  
Not Given ◽  
Therapeutic Tool ◽  
Victim Status ◽  
Victim Impact Statement ◽  
The World ◽  
Due Process Of Law ◽  
The Right

The right to fair trial is inherent in the concept of due process of law, which now forms part of Article 21 of Indian Constitution after the Maneka Gandhi judgement. Pertinently attached with the same comes the responsibility of the criminal system to treat victims with increased awareness and sensitivity. However, the established convention shows that in planning and developing administration of criminal justice, proper attention is not given to the victims of crime in achieving goals of criminal justice; the major cause of it being that a victim is heard only as a witness not as a victim. A credible response to the said issue has emerged in the form of victim impact statement (VIS) in the modern legal system across the world. With that being said, the researchers through this article try to deduce the need for incorporating a VIS in India through the various jurisprudential understandings of what it means to be a victim, including the gap between the subjective experience of the sufferer and the interpretation of the same by others, and what restorative justice would mean to heal a victim. Establishing upon the same premise of victim status, the researchers try to suggest that the introduction of VIS, with the primary purpose of it being a therapeutic tool and not an instrument of changing the course of justice, will serve to make us reconsider our contours of a ‘victim’.

VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENT SEBAGAI UPAYA PERLINDUNGAN HUKUM TERHADAP PEREMPUAN KORBAN REVENGE PORN

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 67
Author(s):  
Hervina Puspitosari ◽  
Anggraeni Endah Kusumaningrum
Keyword(s):  
Victim Impact Statement ◽  
Revenge Porn

<p>Artikel ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis faktor-faktor apakah yang menjadi penyebab terjadinya <em>revenge porn</em> dan bagaimanakah upaya perlindungan hukum terhadap perempuan korban <em>renvenge porn</em> dalam perspektif hak asasi manusia. Perkembangan kejahatan dengan pemanfaatan teknologi informasi salah satunya adalah perkembangan <em>cyberporn</em>.  Jenis penelitian ini  yuridis normatif, dengan   data sekunder yang diperoleh dari studi kepustakaan dan studi dokumen yang dikuatkan dengan  wawancara dan dianalisis secara  kualitatif. Hasilnya bahwa muncul dinamika perkembangan kejahatan berupa <em>revenge porn.</em>  <em>Revenge porn</em> atau balas dendam porno adalah “bentuk pemaksaan, ancaman terhadap seseorang, umumnya perempuan, untuk menyebarkan konten porno berupa foto atau video yang pernah dikirimkan kepada pelaku”. Perilaku ini bertujuan untuk mempermalukan, mengucilkan dan menghancurkan hidup korban. Pelaku bisa pacarnya, mantan pacar yang ingin kembali, atau orang yang tidak bisa diidentifikasi. <em>Victim impact statemens</em> dapat menjadi pertimbangan dalam <em>criminal juctice system</em> sebagai upaya untuk memberikan perlindungan terhadap korban <em>revenge porn</em>. Pelaku tidak cukup hanya dipidana penjara tetapi bagaimana upaya pelaku untuk memulihkan kembali korban karena masa depannya sudah hancur akibat penyebaran foto atau video korban yang melanggar nilai kesusilaan dan penyebabkan trauma bagi korban dan berdampak pada depresi yang dialami oleh korban. Korban juga perlu mendapatkan rehabilitasi berupa layanan psikologis, dan rehabilitasi psikososial untuk menghilangkan trauma bagi korban <em>revenge porn</em>.</p><p> </p>

scholarly journals The Child Justice Act: Procedural Sentencing Issues

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 320
Author(s):  
Stephan S Terblanche
Keyword(s):  
General Rule ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Probation Officers ◽  
Care Centre ◽  
Older Children ◽  
Trial Courts ◽  
Victim Impact Statement ◽  
The Status ◽  
Do So

In this contribution a number of procedural issues related to the sentencing of child offenders and emanating from the Child Justice Act 75 of 2008 are considered in some detail. As a general rule, the Act requires pre-sentence reports to be obtained from probation officers before sentencing any child offender, with only a limited number of exceptions. The article argues that the peremptory nature of the Act means that a probation report is always required, even if reports by other experts are also available. The exceptions are limited to instances other than those where the child offender is sentenced to any form of imprisonment or to residence in a care centre. The article addresses the question of whether or not the reference to imprisonment includes alternative imprisonment which is imposed only as an alternative to a fine. It suggests that alternative imprisonment should, generally, not be imposed on child offenders. When an exception is not prevented because of the sentence, a pre-sentence report may be dispensed with only when the offence is a schedule-1 offence (the least serious class of offences) or when obtaining a report would prejudice the child. It is argued that these exceptions are likely to occur rather rarely. A final aspect of the Act’s provisions on pre-sentence reports is the requirement that reasons be given for a departure from the recommendations in a pre-sentence report. This requirement merely confirms the status quo. The Act permits the prosecutor to provide the court with a victim impact statement. Such a statement is defined in the Act. It is a sworn statement by a victim or someone authorised by the victim explaining the consequences to the victim of the commission of the crime. The article also addresses the issue of whether or not the child justice court might mero motu obtain a victim impact statement when the prosecution does not do so. Finally, the article addresses appeals against and reviews of the trial courts’ sentences. It notes that appeal by the child offender is made somewhat easier, as some child offenders need not obtain leave to appeal. These include children under the age of 16, or older children sentenced to imprisonment. Again, the meaning of “imprisonment” is at least somewhat ambiguous. The provisions on automatic review have attracted considerable judicial attention already. The majority of these judgments confirmed the apparently clear wording of the Act, in terms of which the cases of all child offenders under the age of 16 should be reviewed regardless of whether they were legally represented or of the sentence imposed. In the case of child offenders aged 16 or 17, only custodial sentences are reviewable. The judgments which found this to be an incorrect interpretation are dealt with in some detail, with the conclusion that they were incorrectly decided.

“Visible” and “Invisible” Victims in the Criminal Justice System

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Armando Saponaro
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Common Law ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public Prosecutor ◽  
Law System ◽  
The Public ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Victim Impact Statement

This chapter outlines the “conflict” and “peace-keeping” victim-oriented justice paradigms. The latter empowers the victims of crime, putting them at the center of an encounter and using interindividual mediation or collective circles to address conflict resolution. Two models are critically discussed in the conflict victim-oriented justice paradigm. The European continental “visible victim” model structures the role of the victim as a full-fledged processual party together with the public prosecutor and offender. In this model, the victim has the same rights and powers of the defendant. The “invisible victim” common law model views the victim as a trial witness, participating, for example, through a victim impact statement (in the United States) or victim personal statement (in the United Kingdom) at the sentencing stage. The visible victim conflict paradigm model enhances a victim's role and involvement in the criminal justice system, offering a solution to existing controversial and critical common law system issues.

scholarly journals Victim Impact Statement Model in Criminal Justice System in Restorative Justice Perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
pp. 07006
Author(s):  
Hervina Puspitosari ◽  
Bintara Sura Priambada
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Restorative Justice ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Victim Impact Statement ◽  
Victims Of Crime ◽  
Sense Of Justice

Practice of restorative justice is the handling of criminal acts that are not only seen from the perspective of the law, but also related to moral, social, economic, religious and customary aspects. Local customs, as well as various other restorative considerations will deal with the perpetrators, victims, and stakeholders in the community, in collective problem solving, the purpose of which is to repair damage, restore the quality of relationships and facilitate the reintegration of the parties involved and related. This study uses research methods with a normative juridical research approach. Restorative Justice, namely the punishment imposed by the court is a punishment aimed at maximizing the condition of the victim as before the criminal incident befell the victim. The issue of justice and respect for human rights does not only apply to criminals but also victims of crime who must get a sense of justice so that the objective of the criminal justice system can be achieved with a sense of justice for the victims and perpetrators. It is very important to immediately make efforts to reform the criminal law that puts forward the substantial justice of victims and perpetrators.

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