I wish to examine any research that shows the benefits to a victim or victims of crime through making a written victim impact statement/report for the criminal justice system or the courts.
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/114787613/Victim-Impact-Statement-Research-Study---Lawlink-NSW
http://www.mincava.umn.edu/documents/victimimpact/watchreport.pdf
http://www.watchmn.org/files/media/executive%20summary.pdf
Hope these are what you're looking for.
I send a link for an article and you can download full text via pubmed
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19289881 Iy has been published by the journal Torture. 2008;18(1):38-50.
Justice heals: the impact of impunity and the fight against it on the recovery of severe human rights violations' survivors.
Rauchfuss K, Schmolze B.
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sebnem
Courtney,
I'm primarily looking at the victim impact statement presenred to the Court by victims of serious crimes under Criminal Law. These are not given until the offender is actually convicted.
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