Virtual Library:
Victim Right's Advocacy

A Crime Victim's Guide to the Criminal Justice System: Department of Justice Canada - Canada

Advocating for Women in the Criminal Justice System in Cases of Rape, Domestic Violence and Child Abuse: Women's Justice Center - USA

Alternative Sentencing in the Federal Criminal Justice System:   United States Sentencing Commission - USA (2009)

Best Practices in Child Victim/Witness Programs: Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General, Victim Services Secretariat - WorkGroups Design - Canada (2010)

Bringing Crime Victims into Community Policing: National Center for Victims of Crime - the Police Foundation - USA (2002)

Burden of Crime in the EU, The:   van Dijk, Jan; Manchin, Robert; van Kesteren, John; Nevala, Sami: Hideg, Gergely - European Union (2007)

Canadian Victims of Crime Amendment to the Criminal Code: (1999) The text of the amendment (Bill C-79), which imparts basic rights to victims of crime in Canada.

Changing Face of Conditional Sentencing, The: Department of Justice Canada - Canada (2000)

Child Advocates: by Burnett, Nancy - Victim Assistance Online (1998)

Crime victims’ contacts with the justice system: An augmentative study based on the Swedish Crime Survey 2006–2008 and focus group interviews: Blixt, Madeleine; Selin, Klara Hradilova; Westlund, Olle - Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention - Sweden (2010)

Civil Protection Orders: Victims' Views on Effectiveness: Keilitz, Susan L.;  Davis, Courtenay;  Efkeman, Hillery S.; Flango, Carol;  Hannaford, Paula L. - National Institute of  Justice - USA (1998)

Civil Rights and Criminal Justice: Primer on Sexual Harassment:  Rubin, Paula N. - National Institute of Justice - USA (1995)

Civil Tort Actions Filed by Victims of Sexual Assault: Promise and Perils: Bublick, Ellen; Mindlin, Jessica - National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women - USA (2009)

Compensating Victims of Violent Crime: Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General Comptroller and Auditor General - UK Home Office (2007)

Confronting Evil: Victims' Rights in an Age of Terror: Logan, Wayne - Florida State University College of Law - USA (2009)

Cost of Pain and Suffering from Crime in Canada, The :    Leung, Ambrose - Department of Justice Canada - Canada (2004)

Court Appointed Special Advocates: Department of Juvenile Justice - USA (1997)

Court Responses to Batterer Program Noncompliance: A National Perspective: Labriola, Melissa: Rempel, Michael; O’Sullivan, Chris; Frank, Phyllis - National Center for Court Innovation - USA (2010)

Creating a New Criminal Justice System for the 21st Century:   Bureau of Justice Statistics - US Department of Justice - USA (2000)

Crime of Family Abduction, The: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - US Department of Justice - USA (2010)

Criminal Victimization, 2005:    Catalano, Susan - US Bureau of Justice Statistics - USA (2006)

Crime Against People with Disabilities, 2008: Harrell, Erika; Rand, Michael - Bureau of Justice Statistices - USA (2010)

Crime Victims as Witnesses to an Execution - A National Protocol:   Achilles, Mary - First National Symposium on Crime Victims as Witnesses to an Execution - USA (1998)

Crime Victims: Doing Justice to their Support and Protection:   Waller, Irwin - European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control (HEUNI) - United Nations (2003)

Criminal Victimisation in International Perspective Key findings from the 2004-2005 ICVS and EU IC:    van Dijk, Jan; van Kesteren, John; Smit, Paul -- United Nations - Tilburg University, Netherlands (2007)

Crisis in Rape Crisis, The: Women’s Resource Centre and Rape Crisis - UK (2008)

Current Directions in Violence Risk Assessment: Skeem, Jennifer; Monahan, John - Current Directions in Psychological Science, Forthcoming Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2011-13 - USA (2011)

Custody Evaluations When There Are Allegations of Domestic Violence: Practices, Beliefs, and Recommendations of Professional Evaluators: Davis, Michael; O’Sullivan, Chris; Susser, Kim; Fields, Marjory - New York Legal Assistance Group - USA (2010)

Documentation, Documentary, and the Law: What Should be Made of Victim Impact Videos?: Regina Austin - University of Pennsylvania Law School - USA (2010)

Domestic Violence, Forced Marriage and “Honour”-Based Violence Sixth Report of Session 2007–08 Vol. 1: House of Commons - United Kingdom (2008)

Domestic Violence, Forced Marriage and “Honour”-Based Violence Sixth Report of Session 2007–08 Vol. 2 : House of Commons - United Kingdom (2008)

Domestic Violence Laws in Australia: The National Council to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children - Australia (2009)

Domestic Violence Resource Manual: (Ed) Peters, Susan; Rollins, Chiquita - Domestic Violence Work Group - Multnomah County Department Of Human Services - USA (2003)

Domestic Violence: What employers can and must do to protect their employees: Halpern, Jennifer - Zevgroup White Paper - USA 

Elderly People, Women and Children - Victims of Crime: Comparison and Exchange of European Experiences: Gabriele, Codini; Rosanna, Bossolasco; Susanna, Galli; Simonetta, Pavan; Susanna, Bonora; Daniela, Antarelli; Laura, Donisetti; Laura, Signorino; Fulvio, Adorni - Provincia di Milano - Laboratorio Salute Sociale - European Network on the Victims of Crime - European Union (2004)

Engaging Communities in Fighting Crime:    Casey, Louise - United Kingdom Home Office Crimes and Communites Review - United Kingdom (2008)

Evaluating and Improving Risk Assessment Schemes for Sexual Recidivism: A Long-Term Follow-Up of Convicted Sexual Offenders: Knight, Raymond; Thornton, David - Brandeis University - Sand Ridge Secure Treatment Center - US Department of Justice - USA (2007)

Excellence in Advocacy: A Victim-Centered Approach: Ohio Family Violence Prevention Center - Ohio Department of Public Safety - USA (2010)

Exploration of the Needs of Victims of Hate Crimes, An:   McDonald, Susan; Hogue, Andrea - Department of Justice Canada - (2007)

Family Group Conferencing - Implications for Crime Victims: Umbreit, Mark - Center for Restorative Justice & Peacemaking School of Social Work, University of Minnesota - Office for Victims of Crime - USA (2000)

Family Violence — A National Legal Response: Australian and New South Wales Law Reform Commissions - Australia (2010)

Finally Getting Victims Their Due: A Process Evaluation of the NCVLI Victims’ Rights Clinics: Davis, Robert; Anderson, James; Whitman, Julie; Howley, Susan - Rand Corporation - National Center for Victims of Crime - USA (2009)

Forced Marriage Survivors Handbook: Forced Marriage Unit - Foreign and Commonwealth Office - UK (2008)

Gang-Related Witness Intimidation: Anderson, John - National Gang Center Bulletin #1 2007 - USA (2007)

Gender, Mental Illness, and Crime: Thompson, Melissa - Portland State University Department of Sociology - USA (2008)

Green Paper - Compensation to Crime Victims:  Commission of European Communities - European Union (2001)

Guide for Policy Makers: United Nations Centre for International Crime Prevention - UN ODCCP (1999)

Guide to the Role of Crime Victims in Mental Health Courts, A:    Glassberg, Hope; Dodd, Elizabeth - Council of State Governments Justice Center - USA (2008)

Guide to the Victims' Charter, A : Ministry of Justice - New Zealand (2009)

Guidelines on Justice for Child Victims and Witnesses of Crime:   International Bureau for Children's Rights (2003)

Handbook for Assisting Innocent Victims of Crime:     Wisconsin Department of Justice Crime Victims Compensation Department - USA (2008)

Handbook on Justice for Victims: United Nations (1998) 

Homicide, Bereavement and the Criminal Justice System, Final Report: Goodrum, Sarah; Stafford, Mark - US Department of Justice - USA (2001)

Immigrant Populations as Victims: Toward a Multicultural Criminal Justice System: Davis, Robert C.; Erez, Edna - National Institute of Justice - USA (1998)

Impact of Armed Conflict on Children:   Machel, Graça - United Nations 

Impact of the Rome Statute System on Victims and Affected Communities, The: International Criminal Court Victim Rights Working Group - ICC (2010)

Information Needs of Victims:  Scottish Executive Central Research Unit - Scotland (1995)

Information Guide to Assist Victims: Federal Corrections and Conditional Release, An: Department of the Solicitor General Canada - Canada (2002)

Introducing Expert Testimony to Explain Victim Behavior in Sexual and Domestic Violence Prosecutions: Office of Violence Against Women - National District Attorneys Association American Prosecutors Research Institute - USA (2007)

Justice for Victims: The ICC's Reparations Mandate: REDRESS - UK (2011)

Justice Sector Afterthought: Witness Protection in Africa, The: Mahony, Chris - Institute for Security Studes - South Africa (2010)

Kansas - Helping Crime Victims: A guide to victims' assitance programs in Kansas: Attorney General's Office - USA (2009)

Legal Rights for Crime Victims in Oregon:   Oregon Attorney Generals Office - USA (2007)

Making Restitution Real Five Case Studies on Improving Restitution Collection: National Center for Victims of Crime - USA (2011)

Making Sense of DNA Backlogs — Myths vs. Reality: Nelson, Mark - National Institute of Justice - US Department of Justice - USA (2010)

Male survivors of sexual assault and rape: Crome, Sarah - ACSSA Wrop #2 September 2006 - Australia (2006)

Managing Sex Offenders: Citizens Supporting Law Enforcement: International Organization of Chiefs of Police - US Department of Justice - US Bureau of Justice Assistance - USA (2006)

Map of Gaps: The postcode lottery of Violence Against Women support services in Britain: Coy, Maddy; Kelly, Liz; Foordm Jo - End Violence Against Women - Equality and Human Rights Commission - UK (2007)

Mentally Ill Offenders in the Criminal Justice System: an Analysis and Prescription: The Sentencing Project - USA (2002)

Multi-Site Survey of Victims of Crime and Criminal Justice Professionals across Canada:   Policy Centre for Victims Issues - Department of Justice Canada - Canada (2004)

Multi-Site Survey of Victims of Crime and Criminal Justice Professionals across Canada: Executive Summary:   Policy Centre for Victims Issues - Department of Justice Canada - Canada (2005)

Multi-Site Survey of Victims of Crime and Criminal Justice Professionals across Canada: Summary of Crown Attorney Respondents:   Policy Centre for Victims Issues - Department of Justice Canada - Canada (2005)

Multi-Site Survey of Victims of Crime and Criminal Justice Professionals across Canada: Summary of Defence Counsel Respondents:   Policy Centre for Victims Issues - Department of Justice Canada - Canada (2005)

Multi-Site Survey of Victims of Crime and Criminal Justice Professionals across Canada: Summary of Judiciary Respondents:   Policy Centre for Victims Issues - Department of Justice Canada - Canada (2005)

Multi-Site Survey of Victims of Crime and Criminal Justice Professionals across Canada: Summary of Police Respondents:   Policy Centre for Victims Issues - Department of Justice Canada - Canada (2005)

Multi-Site Survey of Victims of Crime and Criminal Justice Professionals across Canada: Summary of Probation Officer, Corrections, and Parole Board Respondents:   Policy Centre for Victims Issues - Department of Justice Canada - Canada (2005)

Multi-Site Survey of Victims of Crime and Criminal Justice Professionals across Canada : Summary of Victim Services Providers and Victim Advocacy Group Respondents:   Policy Centre for Victims Issues - Department of Justice Canada - Canada (2005)

National Consultation with Victims of Crime - Highlights and Key Messages:   Solicitor General of Canada - Canada (2001)

Nowhere to Turn: Victims Speak Out on Identity Theft:  Benner, Janine; Givens, Beth;  Mierzwinski, Ed - CALPIRG - Privacy Rights Clearinghouse - USA (2000)

Online Harassment and Cyberstalking: Victim Access to Crisis, Referral and Support Services in Canada:   McCall, R. - Victim Assistance Online - Canada (2003)

Ordering Restitution to the Crime Victim: Office for Victims of Crime - USA (2002)

Planning, implementing and operating effective Statewide Automated Victim Information and Notification (SAVIN) programs Guidelines and Standards: Bureau of Justce Assistance - US Department of Justice - USA (2006)

Policing Male Rape and Sexual Assault: Rumney, Philip - University of the West of England - United Kingdom (2008)

Private Prosecution and the Victim of Crime: Kirchengast, Tyrone - Macquarie University - Macquarie Law School - Australia (2008)

Proceedings from the 2003 National Victims of Crime Conference: Policy Centre for Victim Issues - Department of Justice Canada (2003)

Project Victims in Europe - Final Report: Victim Support Europe - Apoio à Vítima (Portugal - European Commission - European Union (2010)

Propriety and Impropriety in Cross Examination: Ryan, Dermot - Australia (2008)

Prosecutorial Ethics and Victims’ Rights: The Prosecutor’s Duty of Neutrality:   Gershman, Bennett - Pace Law School - USA (2005)

Protecting Crime Victims in Federal Appellate Courts: The Need to Broadly Construe the Crime Victims' Rights Act's Mandamus Provisions: Cassel, Paul - Denver University Law Review, Vol. 87, 2010 - USA (2010)

Pursuing the Power of DNA: Forensic DNA's Impact on Crime Victims and their Advocates:  Joyce, Elizabeth -  National Center for Victims of Crime, Network Magazine, Winter/Spring - USA (2003)

Putting Victims on the Agenda - Proceedings of a National Workshop on Victim Empowerment and Support: (1996)

Rape: The Victim Experience Review: Payne, Sara - UK Home Office - UK (2009)

Report on Responding to the Needs of Canadian Victims of Terrorism, A :   Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime - Canada (2007)

Representing Victims before the International Criminal Court: A Manual for legal representatives: Office for the Public Counsel for Victims - International Criminal Court (2010)

Reference Guide on Protecting the Rights of Child Victims of Trafficking in Europe:    - UNICEF (2006)

Response to Victims of Crime Model Policy, IACP: International Association of Chielfs of Police - USA (2010)

Responding to People Who Have Been Victimized by Individuals with Mental Illnesses: Ward, Monica; Glassberg, Hope - National Institute of Justice - USA (2008)

Resource Book for Working Against Honour-Related Violence, A: Kvinnoforum - European Union - Sweden (2003)

Rights of Crime Victims--Does Legal Protection Make a Difference?, The: Kilpatrick, Dean G.;  Beatty, David;  Howley, Susan Smith - National Institute of Justice - USA (1998) 

Road Ahead: Unanalyzed Evidence in Sexual Assault Cases. The: Ritter, Nancy - NIJ Special Report May 2011 - National Institute of Justice - USA (2011)

Role of the Victim in the Criminal Process: A Literature Review — 1989 to 1999, The :   Policy Centre for Victim Issues - Department of Justice Canada - Canada (2001)

Roundtable on Strategies to Address‘Crimes of Honour’: Summary Report:  CIMEL / INTERIGHTS - United Kingdom (2001)

Sentence Calculation: A Handbook for Judges, Lawyers and Correctional Officials: Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada - Canada (2005)

Service Charter for Victims of Crime in South Africa: Ministry of Justice - South Africa

Serving Crime Victims with Disabilities:  Office for Victims of Crime - US Department of Justice - USA (2003)

Social Rights of Victims of Crime, The:  European Forum for Victim Services

State of Sentencing 2008 Developments in Policy and Practice, The: King, Ryan - The Sentencing Project - USA (2009)

Strategies to Improve Supervised Visitation Services in Domestic Violence Cases: Maxwell, M. Sharon; Oehme, Karen - Violence Against Women Resources - USA (2001)

Stolen Sisters: A human rights response to discrimination and violence against indigenous women in Canada: Amnesty International - Canada (2004)

Storming the Law Schools: The Next Phase in Victim Advocacy:    Sullivan, Steve - Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime - Canada (2006)

Summary Report on Victim Impact Statement Focus Groups: Policy Centre for Victim Issues - Department of Justice Canada - Canada (2001)

Supporting victims through the legal process The role of sexual assault service providers: Parkinson, Debra - Australian Centre for the study of sexual assault: ACSSA WRAP #8 2010 - Australia (2010)

Survivor Handbook, The: Women's Aid - United Kingdom (2007)

Survivors of Politically Motivated Torture: A Large, Growing, and Invisible Population of Crime Victims: Dross, Peter - Center for Victims of Torture - USA (1999)

Symbolic and Discursive Violence in Media Representations of Aboriginal Missing and Murdered Women: Jiwani, Yasmin - Canada

Taking Account of Victims in the Criminal Justice System - A Review of the Literature: Sander, Andrew - Scottish Executive Central Research Unit - Scotland (1999)

The Crime Victim's Right To Be Present: Office for Victims of Crime Bulletin - USA (2002)

Theorizing Mental Health Courts: E. Lea Johnston - University of Florida - Fredric G. Levin College of Law - USA (2010)

Therapeutic Jurisprudence and Adversarial Injustice: Questioning Limits: Carson, David - Western Criminology Review 4(2), 124-133 (2003) - USA (2003)

Tool Kit for Law Enforcement Use of the U-Visa: Hafiz, Sameera; Orloff, Leslye; Sreeharsha, Kavitha; Estrada, Rodolfo - Legal Momentum and Vera Institute of Justice - USA (2010)

Transforming Aggressive Prosecution Policies: Prioritizing Victims' Long-Term Safety in the Prosecution of Domestic Violence Cases: Epstein, Deborah; Bell, Margret; Goodman, Lisa - USA (2003)

United Nations Standards and Norms in Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice: U.N. Resolution 1998/21 on a worldwide standard of criminal justice and victim's rights.

Victim Compensation and Domestic Violence: a national overview: Meyering, Isobelle Barrett - Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse - Australia (2010)

Victim Participation and Therapeutic Jurisprudence: A Canadian Perspective: Wemmers, Jo-Anne - Presented at the Workshop on Victim Participation in Justice and Therapeutic Jurisprudence: A Comparative Analysis March 8-9 2007 International Institute for the Sociology of Law, Onati, Spain - International Centre for Comparative Criminology - Université de Montréal - Canada (2007)

Using DNA to Solve Cold Cases: NIJ Special Report - National Institute of Justice - USA (2002)

Victim Empowerment And Community Participation: South African Law Commission

Victim Impact Statements at Sentencing : Judicial Experiences and Perceptions A Survey of Three Jurisdictions:   Roberts, Julian; Edgar, Allen - Department of Justice Canada - Canada (2006)

Victim Privacy and the Open Court Principle: Cameron, Jamie - Policy Centre for Victim Issues - Department of Justice Canada - Canada (2003)

Victim Services and Law Enforcement: Next Steps:   International Association of Chiefs of Police (2003)

Victim Services in Canada, 2007/2008: Sauvé, Julie - Statistics Canada - Canada (2010)

Victims Guide, A:   Office of the Attorney General, Mississippi - USA (2004)

Victim's Guide to the D.C. Criminal Justice System, A: National Institute of Justice - USA (1991)

Victims' Experiences and Needs: Finding from the New Zealand Crime and Safety Survey 2006: Mayhew, Pat; Reilly, James - Ministry of Justice - New Zealand (2008)

Victims' Guide to the International Criminal Court:   Reporters without Borders (2003)

Victims' Right Sourcebook - A Compilation and Comparison of Victims' Rights Laws:  National Center for Victims of Crime - USA (1996)

Victims' Rights - A Voice, Not a Veto: Parliamentary Committee Report - Canada (1998).  The 14th report of the Canadian Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

Victims’ Rights and the Struggle over Crime in the Media: Rentschler, Carrie - McGill University - Canada (2007)

Victims, Survivors and the Decisions to Seek and Impose Death: Logan, Wayne - Florida State University College of Law  - USA (2007)

Vienna Declaration on Crime and Justice:    Tenth United Nations Conference on the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders Working Paper - United Nations (2000)

Voice of Victims of Crime: Estimating the True Level of Conventional Crime, The: Alvazzi del Frate, Anna - Forum on Crime and Society, vol. 3, Nos. 1 and 2, December 2003 - Office on Drugs and Crime - United Nations (2003)

Voyeurism as a Criminal Offence: A Consultation Paper: Department of Justice Canada - Canada (2002)

Vulnerable Witnesses: Rights and Responsibilities: Moody, Sue - Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service - UK (2005)

What do Victims Want? Effective Strategies to Achieve Justice for Victims of Crime:   International Association of Chiefs of Police - USA (2000) 

What's Wrong with Victims' Rights in Juvenile Court?: Retributive v. Rehabilitative Systems of Justice: Henning, Kristin - Georgetown University - Law Center - USA (2008)

When Kids Testify in Court: Helping Children Understand the Criminal Justice System:    Light. Robyn - Western Washington State Attorney's Office - USA (1996)