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The silenced victim – a review of the victim personal statement

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Overview

This review focussed on how criminal justice agencies and partners involved in the Victim Personal Statement process deliver their obligations and what victims say they are experiencing. It found that even though victims, judges, magistrates and Parole Board members valued the VPS, over 60 per cent of victims reported that they had not been offered the opportunity to make one.