Meaningful participation in criminal justice by victims of violence is an aspiration of
advocates working across domestic and international jurisdictions. Researchers have …

Victims of crimes have been granted increasing procedural rights to participate in the
juridical process since the mid 1990s. However, knowledge about the (anti)-therapeutic …

Objective: Victim impact statements (VISs) are testimonies that convey the emotional,
physical, and financial harm that victims have suffered as the result of a crime. Although VISs …

The right to be present for criminal justice proceedings is one of the key rights afforded crime
victims and their families. A neglected but important area of investigation pertains to the …

Research has shown that emotional testimony given by victims or their family can affect
jurors' or lay judges' decision-making processes, but little attention has been paid to cross …

FSR3601-02_03_CCJTF_Report 6..37 Page 1 How Long Is Too Long? Task Force on Long
Sentences Final Report Foreword from the Co-Chairs A justice system that is both respected …

By granting crime victims a number of procedural rights in criminal proceedings and revising
existing rights, the Netherlands has drastically reformed its criminal procedure legislation to …

Criminology has a strong potential to impact criminal justice policy. It is thought that
criminology fails to shape policy because of the political context of such policies. The …

In the United States, jurors serve as the fact finders for the civil and criminal justice court
systems. In this role, jurors must listen to and integrate days of evidence presented during …

The purpose of this systematic literature review was to examine empirical studies that have
researched the heuristics of representativeness, availability and anchoring in primary and …