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17 September 2021New cross-system approach needed to end epidemic of violence against women and girls
Dame Vera Baird endorses HMICFRS call for urgent and fundamental cross-system change to tackle an epidemic of violence against women…
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9 September 2021New survey reveals low victim confidence, as Victims’ Commissioner warns victims remain an “afterthought”
Victims are losing faith in the criminal justice system according to a new survey of victims, which suggests less than…
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30 August 2021VC BLOG | National Road Victim Month: The value of specialist support must not be underestimated
National Road Victim Month is held annually in August to remember people that have been killed or injured on our…
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25 August 2021Report urges police forces to stay alert to ‘Covid blaming’ as an excuse or defence by suspects
Responding to the report's findings, the Victims' Commissioner said: "we must not set a precedent whereby defendants are able to…
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24 August 2021Lack of bail conditions put domestic abuse victims at risk, finds new HMICFRS report
"To create a system that provides real protection for victims, there needs to be better effective enforcement of breaches of…
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9 August 2021BLOG: Fraud is now an epidemic within a pandemic – the upcoming fraud strategy needs to be bold and ambitious
Fraud has become the volume crime of our times — an epidemic within a pandemic. Yet you wouldn’t know it,…
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28 July 2021BLOG: Stalking During Covid-19
Marking 35 years since the disappearance of Suzy Lamplugh, the Victims' Commissioner looks at the statistics around stalking during the…
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22 July 2021CPS data shows how far government has to go to meet promises to rape victims
Victims’ Commissioner criticises the CPS as she says "it is hard to see even the green shoots of a recovery"…
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21 July 2021Victims Law: Victims must be participants in the justice system – not onlookers
In her 2020/21 Annual Report, Dame Vera Baird sets our her vision for reconceptualising the status of victims in the…