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Annual reports
- Annual Report of the Victims' Commissioner 2018 to 2019
- Annual Report of the Victims' Commissioner 2019 to 2020
- Annual report of the Victims’ Commissioner 2013 to 2014
- Annual report of the Victims’ Commissioner 2014 to 2015
- Annual report of the Victims’ Commissioner 2015 to 2016
- Annual report of the Victims’ Commissioner 2016 to 2017
- Annual report of the Victims’ Commissioner 2017 to 2018
- Annual Report of the Victims’ Commissioner 2020 to 2021
Published reviews
- A question of quality: A review of Restorative Justice Part 1 – service providers
- A question of quality: A review of Restorative Justice Part 2 – victims
- A review of complaints and resolution for victims of crime
- A Voice for the Voiceless: Provision of Registered Intermediaries for children and vulnerable victims and witnesses
- Analysis of the offer and take-up of Victim Personal Statements 2016 to 2017
- Analysis of the offer and take-up of Victim Personal Statements 2017 to 2018
- Analysis of the offer and take-up of Victim Personal Statements 2018 to 2019
- Anti-Social Behaviour: Living a Nightmare
- Are victims satisfied? Part 1 - A scoping review
- Are victims satisfied? Part 2 - A scoping review
- Are we getting it right for young victims of crime? A review of Children’s entitlements in the Victims’ Code
- Children’s experience of domestic abuse and criminality: A literature review
- Compensation without re-traumatisation: The Victims’ Commissioner’s Review into Criminal Injuries Compensation
- Constitutional powers of the Victims' Commissioner for England and Wales
- Entitlements and experiences of victims of mentally disordered offenders
- Next steps for special measures: A review of the provision of special measures to vulnerable and intimidated witnesses
- Rape survivors and the criminal justice system
- Sowing the Seeds: Children's experience of domestic abuse and criminality
- Special Measures Literature Review
- Struggling for Justice: Entitlements and Experiences of Bereaved Families Following Homicide Abroad
- The role and rights of victims of crime in adversarial criminal justice systems: Recommendations for reform in England & Wales
- The silenced victim – A review of the Victim Personal Statement
- Victim Advocates: A Rapid Evidence Assessment
- Victim Inequality in the Offer of Victim Personal Statements 2016
- Victim Inequality in the Offer of Victim Personal Statements 2017
- Victims Law Policy Paper: The Victims' Commissioner's proposals for a Victims Law
- Victims statistics, year ending March 2019: police, courts and the criminal justice system
- Victims statistics, year ending March 2019: victims services, restorative justice, and information, advice & support
- What works in supporting victims of crime: A rapid evidence assessment
News posts
- 'The Domestic Abuse Bill is too important to be rushed through'
- ‘Government must urgently act on Home Affairs Committee report’ – Victims’ Commissioner
- ‘New money for children affected by domestic abuse must be pre-cursor to legal protections’ – says Victims’ Commissioner
- "I don't believe this guidance will offer victims of ASB much comfort"
- “It is vital that victims’ voices are heard loudly and clearly”
- Anti-Social Behaviour: Living a Nightmare
- As some jury trials are set to recommence the Victims' Commissioner says it's vital victims are kept informed
- Baroness Williams responds to Victims' Commissioner on the recording of hate crime
- BLOG: "Courting Kindness"
- BLOG: "Equal pay is about so much more than just money"
- BLOG: "If the Domestic Abuse Bill is to make a real difference and save lives, non-fatal strangulation must be made a distinct and serious crime."
- BLOG: Anti-social behaviour and the hidden harms in our communities
- BLOG: Believe me, trusting those who allege abuse is vitally important
- BLOG: Domestic Abuse - an epidemic within the pandemic
- BLOG: Fraud is now an epidemic within a pandemic - the upcoming fraud strategy needs to be bold and ambitious
- BLOG: Stalking During Covid-19
- BLOG: The new domestic abuse law is a much-improved piece of legislation that will save lives. But we can - and must - go further.
- BLOG: We have the chance to ensure victims' rights are clearly upheld in law
- BLOG: We must ensure we see stalking clearly - especially during COVID19 lockdown
- BLOG: We who work with victims are going into this lockdown with our eyes wide open
- BLOG: Why it is vital the courts must accelerate child sexual abuse cases
- Chief Coroner responds to VC's call for change in guidance
- Claiming Criminal Injuries Compensation retriggers trauma
- Commissioner "strongly urges" Home Office to reconsider move to remove references to 'honour' in incidents of so-called honour-based abuse
- Commissioner urges victims of crime to share their experiences via new survey
- Commissioner welcomes 'Ask For ANI' codeword scheme launched in pharmacies
- Commissioners 'deeply concerned' by drop in domestic abuse prosecutions
- Commissioners call for Domestic Abuse Bill progress to be delayed
- Commissioners endorse non-fatal strangulation amendment to the Domestic Abuse Bill
- Commissioners issue joint call for community-based support services in Domestic Abuse Bill
- Commissioners issue joint letter to Home Secretary on Honour Based Abuse
- Commissioners urge Governement to aid provision of safe accommodation for those fleeing Domestic Abuse
- Commissioners urge Government to act to provide safe accommodation for fleeing Domestic Abuse victims during lockdown
- Compensation Scheme: Victims' Commissioner's proposal for reform
- Consultation on a New Victims' Code of Practice
- Counter Terrorism and Victims
- Courts backlog: Justice delayed is justice denied
- COVID-19 update
- CPS data shows how far government has to go to meet promises to rape victims
- CPS Inspectorate report is an affront to victims
- CPS statistics show a further drop in rape charges despite police referring more cases
- Dame Vera Baird appointed as new Victims’ Commissioner
- Dame Vera Baird publishes her second annual report: "It has without doubt been an eventful year for victims and witnesses"
- DWP Minister writes to VC on income-related benefits and criminal injuries compensation
- Employers provided with help and information to support staff at risk of domestic abuse
- End Violence Against Women Coalition Judicial Review evidence appears ‘deeply damaging’ for the CPS
- Funding boost for online and helpline services for victims of crime praised by Victims’ Commissioner
- Government must seize ‘once in a generation’ opportunity to transform victims’ experience of justice
- Government’s Domestic Abuse measures welcome but must be just the start says the Victims’ Commissioner
- GPs charging domestic abuse victims up to £150 to confirm injuries
- Guardian: CPS and police ‘making intrusive demands of rape accusers’
- Guidance for victims on the recent Eurofins ransomware attack
- Have you been a victim of crime? The Victims’ Commissioner needs you
- Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) today publishes its dashboard on rape monitoring
- Home Secretary responds to Victims’ Commissioner’s request for assurance victims will be supported through COVID19
- House of Lords Debates Victims' Rights
- House of Lords Debates Victims' Rights
- If you haven’t filled in the Victims' Survey yet, here’s why we still need you to
- Independent report calls for the Victims' Commissioner to have enhanced powers to ensure agencies are held to account
- Inquiry launches landmark TV awareness campaign for the Truth Project
- Inspectors find "serious" CPS errors led to data security breaches
- Inspectors find fewer that one in five CPS letters to rape victims are of acceptable quality
- Joint Agency Guide to the Victim Personal Statement
- Joint letter calls on the Prime Minister and Chancellor to commit to longer-term, sustainable funding for domestic abuse services
- Joint letter from Children's Commissioner and Victims' Commissioner to support child victims
- Joint letter from Victims' Commissioner and Domestic Abuse Commissioner calls for second round of extraordinary COVID-19 funding
- Joint statement on Spending Review
- Justice Secretary writes to Victims' Commissioner on Double Jeopardy
- Lack of bail conditions put domestic abuse victims at risk, finds new HMICFRS report
- Lord Chancellor replies to Victims' Commissioner's call to look again at double jeopardy rule
- Meet the Police Officer Fighting the Fraudsters
- Minister Chalk responds to Victims’ Commissioner and Domestic Abuse Commissioner on their joint calls for domestic abuse funding
- Ministry of Justice to review laws that see domestic abuse victims get 'disproportionately high' sentences for acting in self-defence
- New courtroom protections for vulnerable victims available nationwide
- New cross-system approach needed to end epidemic of violence against women and girls
- New survey reveals low victim confidence, as Victims' Commissioner warns victims remain an "afterthought"
- New Victims Strategy pledges to deliver reform of victim rights
- New Victims' Commissioner site highlights help for victims
- New Victims’ Code comes into force - "a positive step forward for victims"
- NHS London and MOPAC respond to funding request for The Lighthouse
- Non-fatal strangulation: Joint statement from the Victims’ Commissioner and Domestic Abuse Commissioner
- Note of the meeting between the Victims’ Commissioner and the NPCC Victims and Witnesses Portfolio Lead – 23 January 2020
- One in Four Cases, Victims Withdraw Support for Prosecution
- ONS survey reveals just one in six female rape victims report to the police
- Police and CPS scrap digital data extraction forms for rape cases
- Police Oracle article: Rights of victims must be given greater focus
- Police to implement strict bail conditions on domestic abuse and sexual violence suspects under new measures
- Police watchdogs find modern slavery survivors are criminalised rather than recognised as victims
- Pre-charge bail consultation extension is a ‘welcome move’ says Victims’ Commissioner
- Quarterly CPS statistics show a further drop in rape charges despite police referring more cases
- Radical action needed to tackle crime epidemic against women and girls - HMICFRS report
- Rape Review: An extraordinary mea culpa can’t disguise serious compromise
- Rape review: Ministers' apologies are "welcome," but action plan has "serious limitations"
- Recognition of children as victims of Domestic Abuse, and improved protections for victims in Family Courts announced
- Record number of people – including 43 per cent of rape victims – pulling out of cases.
- Report on Evidence Led Prosecutions of Domestic Abuse
- Report urges police forces to stay alert to ‘Covid blaming’ as an excuse or defence by suspects
- Response from Attorney General on unduly lenient sentence scheme
- Response from the Speakers' Office on Westminster Bridge attack victims' memorial
- Response to domestic homicide shows “a culture of misogyny in the criminal justice system," say Commissioners
- Sexual Abuse and Sexual Violence Awareness Week
- Shattering Lives and Myths: A report on image-based sexual abuse
- Survey finds rape victims have lost faith in the justice system
- Tackling Revenge Porn - Victims' Commissioner Speaks Out
- Thank you so much for your help – we couldn’t do this without you
- The Domestic Abuse Bill – a Once in a Generation Opportunity
- The flawed system of police bail is failing victims. It is in desperate need of reform
- The reasons why victims of rape and sexual violence withdraw from the criminal process without seeking justice
- The Victims' Commissioner and Domestic Abuse Commissioner respond to the announcement of nearly £11m to support domestic abuse services during the winter
- The Victims’ Commissioner welcomes the new Victims Code as a "positive step forward for victims"
- Urgent action needed to tackle surge in Anti-Social Behaviour following lockdown
- Use new Victims Law to transform victims’ rights and reposition victims as participants - not bystanders - in our justice system, says Victims' Commissioner
- VC Advisory Group meets for the first time
- VC asks for review of decision to withdraw funding of Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health
- VC BLOG | National Road Victim Month: The value of specialist support must not be underestimated
- VC calls for better support for victims of anti-social behaviour
- VC calls for commemoration of the Westminster Bridge attack
- VC calls for review of the Unduly Lenient Scheme (ULS)
- VC calls on Prime Minister to prioritise the Domestic Abuse Bill
- VC calls upon Government to give victims full legal rights
- VC comments on Review of MPS's handling of non-recent sexual offence investigations Operation Midland Report
- VC finds little progress made in the offer of Victim Personal Statements
- VC finds victims’ voices are still not being heard in court
- VC publishes her strategic plan for 2019 to 2022
- VC report finds bereaved families are struggling for justice
- VC Responds to HMICFRS Report on Police Approach to Child Protection
- VC responds to Independent Public Advocate consultation
- VC responds to Justice Secretary on issue of Double Jeopardy
- VC responds to report from Barnardo's on the impact of domestic abuse on children
- VC responds to the Government’s consultation on the Victims’ Code
- VC Responds to the Return of the Domestic Abuse Bill
- VC sets out proposals on double jeopardy
- VC sets out vision for her role in latest issue of Probation Quarterly
- VC welcomes “Landmark” Domestic Abuse Bill Launched on 16 July 2019
- VC welcomes decision to include victim support workers as key workers
- VC welcomes London Victims’ Commissioner’s Research into Handling of Rape Cases
- VC writes on how victims are let down by the justice system
- VC writes to the Home Secretary about support for families following Essex migrant deaths
- VC's statement on the Prime Minister's CJS round table
- VC’s response to the CPS Violence Against Women and Girls report 2018-19
- Victim advocates provide practical and emotional support
- Victim Personal Statements and Defendants' Right to Censor
- Victims becoming less satisfied with the way the criminal justice system handles their case
- Victims Commissioner calls for full independent investigation of disastrous fall in rape charges and prosecutions
- Victims Commissioner welcomes Anti-Slavery Commissioner’s review examining protections for child trafficking victims
- Victims encouraged to apply for 'same roof' rule compensation by 13 June deadline
- Victims Law: Victims must be participants in the justice system - not onlookers
- Victims need to be acknowledged as 'participants' in the criminal justice system, says Victims' Commissioner
- Victims' Commissioner and Domestic Abuse Commissioner express concerns about the drop in domestic abuse prosecutions
- Victims' Commissioner and Domestic Abuse Commissioner welcome the announcement of additional funds to support domestic abuse and sexual violence services
- Victims' Commissioner announces new CEO
- Victims' Commissioner Backs Decision to Allow Cameras to Broadcast from the Crown Court for First Time
- Victims' Commissioner backs Sudden Bereavement Charter in letter to CEO
- Victims' Commissioner calls for "major course adjustment" from CPS, as new figures reveal rape prosecutions remain flat
- Victims' Commissioner calls for legal aid for inquests
- Victims' Commissioner joins urgent call for Domestic Abuse action
- Victims' Commissioner raises issue of domestic abuse in the Police with Home Secretary
- Victims' Commissioner responds to 'Covid Operating Hours' consultation
- Victims' Commissioner responds to 'The multi-agency response to child sexual abuse in the family environment' report
- Victims' Commissioner responds to 2018 femicide census
- Victims' Commissioner responds to consultation on making parole hearings open to victims
- Victims' Commissioner responds to HMCPSI consultation on draft business plan for 2021-2022
- Victims' Commissioner responds to HMICFRS 'State of Policing Report'
- Victims' Commissioner responds to Information Commissioner's Mobile Phone Data Extraction Report
- Victims' Commissioner responds to Law Commission consultation on reforming communication offences
- Victims' Commissioner responds to Opposition moves to introduce victims' legislation
- Victims' Commissioner responds to reported plans to introduce targets for police and CPS in relation to rape cases
- Victims' Commissioner responds to statistics on honour-based abuse offences recorded by the police
- Victims' Commissioner responds to the announcement of £40m to support services for rape and domestic abuse survivors
- Victims' Commissioner responds to the Court of Appeal judgement
- Victims' Commissioner responds to the Crown Prosecution Service consultation on pre-therapy guidelines
- Victims' Commissioner responds to the IRAL call for evidence on judicial review
- Victims' Commissioner responds to the latest Operation Hydrant investigation statistics
- Victims' Commissioner sets our her ideas for reforming the Victim Contact Scheme
- Victims' Commissioner welcomes government commitment to consult on community-based domestic abuse services
- Victims' Commissioner welcomes Government's new clauses to the Domestic Abuse Bill and urges them to go further
- Victims' Commissioner welcomes launch of funding application process for Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence support services
- Victims' Commissioner welcomes new HMICFRS report recommending 'immediate action' to ensure vulnerable migrant victims of crime can confidently report to police
- Victims' Commissioner writes to Home Secretary about amendments to the Domestic Abuse Bill
- Victims' Commissioner writes to Home Secretary following concerns about the national insurance database being used to trace victims of domestic abuse
- Victims' Commissioner writes to Minister Malthouse on the recording of hate crime
- Victims' Commissioner writes to Prime Minster to highlight importance of supporting victims during the pandemic
- Victims' Commissioner writes to Secretary of State for Justice about the government's Victims' Law
- Victims' Commissioner writes to Sonia Crozier, the Chief Probation Officer
- Victims' Commissioner writes to the Home Secretary calling for action on anti-social behaviour during lockdown
- Victims' Commissioner's response to MoJ announcement of increased funding to support victims of rape and sexual assault
- Victims’ Commissioner - July 2019 Newsletter
- Victims’ Commissioner and Domestic Abuse Commissioner express concerns about the drop in domestic abuse and rape prosecutions and cases charged
- Victims’ Commissioner and the APCC Victims Lead respond to Attorney-General’s disclosure review
- Victims’ Commissioner backs Domestic Abuse Commissioner’s call for increased access to legal aid for victims of DA
- Victims’ Commissioner brands rape prosecution rate ‘utterly shameful’ and urges CPS to change its policy immediately
- Victims’ Commissioner concerned about ‘watering down’ of victims’ right to restorative justice in new Victims’ Code.
- Victims’ Commissioner discusses the impact of crime on children
- Victims’ Commissioner expresses concerns over 'Honour-Based' Abuse prosecutions
- Victims’ Commissioner gives evidence to Home Affairs Committee about effect of COVID-19 lockdown
- Victims’ Commissioner joins calls to give Victims a Voice at Inquests
- Victims’ Commissioner launches new research focusing on the experience of rape victims in the criminal justice system
- Victims’ Commissioner launches new Victims’ Survey
- Victims’ Commissioner responds funding aimed at diverting more women away from crime
- Victims’ Commissioner responds to Home Office figures showing just 1.5% of rape cases result in a prosecution
- Victims’ Commissioner responds to Law Commission proposals around intimate image based abuse
- Victims’ Commissioner responds to Ministry of Justice Covid-19 emergency funding allocation
- Victims’ Commissioner seeks new Chief Executive Officer
- Victims’ Commissioner welcomes measures to support victims as prisoner early release programme begins
- Victims’ Commissioner welcomes overhaul of how family courts treat domestic abuse survivors and their children
- Victims’ Commissioner works with Probation Service to reform the Victim Contact Scheme
- Victims’ Commissioner writes to Lord Chancellor asking for empty courts to be used to record children’s evidence to free them from worry over legal proceedings
- Victims’ Commissioner writes to Ministry of Justice about the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme
- Victims’ Commissioner’s Annual Report 2018/2019
- Victims’ experiences of criminal justice system revealed in new research
- VIDEO: Putting victims at the heart of policing
- Virtual support cannot be allowed to replace face-to-face contact after lockdown ends says Victims’ Commissioner
- Vulnerable and intimidated witnesses overlooked for legal protections while giving evidence
- Vulnerable victims and witnesses being denied legal protections while giving evidence
- WATCH VC Webinar: Next steps for special measures
- WATCH: Victims' Commissioner In Conversation With... Jane Gordon, Sisters For Change
- We are recruiting
- Why victims and survivors of child sexual abuse need a Commissioner
- Worrying criminal justice statistics highlighted by Victims’ Commissioner
- Would you like to make a difference to the lives of victims?
Newsletters
Publications
- DWP Minister writes to VC on income-related benefits and criminal injuries compensation
- Justice Secretary writes to VC on Double Jeopardy
- Shattering Lives and Myths: A Report on Image-Based Sexual Abuse by Professor Clare McGlynn, Professor Erika Rackley and Assistant Professor Kelly Johnson
- Victims' Commissioner Advisory Group
- Victims' Commissioner for England and Wales - the second term strategy
- Victims' Commissioner for England and Wales 2019 to 2022
- Victims’ Commissioner writes to Home Secretary on bail conditions
- What I wish I knew - my personal story
Meeting notes
- Briefing for the meeting with Sonia Crozier, Chief Probation Officer
- Meeting between Max Hill QC – Director of Public Prosecutions - and Baroness Newlove – Victims’ Commissioner
- Meeting between the Victims' Commissioner and Sonia Crozier, Director of the National Probation Service (25 September 2019)
- Meeting with Caroline Corby, Chair of the Parole Board (12 November 2018)
- Meeting with Director of Public Prosecutions, Crown Prosecution Service (7 June 2018)
- Meeting with Linda Brown, CEO of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (9 October 2018)
- Meeting with Linda Brown, Interim CEO for the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (23 April 2018)
- Meeting with National Policing Lead for Victims and Witnesses (16 January 2018)
- Meeting with Sonia Crozier, Director of the National Probation Service (10 October 2018)
- Meeting with Susan Acland Hood, CEO of HMCTS (1 August 2019)
- Meeting with Susan Acland Hood, CEO of HMCTS (5 February 2019)
- Meeting with the CEO of Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority, Linda Brown (23 September 2019)
- Meeting with the CEO of Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority, Linda Brown (6 May 2020)
- Meeting with the CEO of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (1 July 2020)
- Meeting with the Chair of the Parole Board, Caroline Corby (17 October 2019)
- Meeting with the Chair of the Parole Board, Caroline Corby, the Vice-Chair, Peter Rook, and the CEO, Martin Jones (17 June 2020)
- Meeting with the Chief Probation Officer, Sonia Flynn (10 August 2020)
Policies
- All Party Parliamentary Group on Adult Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
- Expanded Explanations in Sentencing Guidelines
- Response from the Victims’ Commissioner on the APP extraction of digital data guidance
- The Office of the Victims’ Commissioner Evidence Submission for the VAWG Strategy
- The Victims' Commissioner calls for legal aid for inquests in letter to Lord Chancellor
- VC Call for the appointment of a Commissioner for Child Sexual Abuse
- VC responds to HMCPSI consultation on 2021-22 draft business plan
- VC responds to HMCTS rapid consultation on 'Covid Operating Hours'
- VC responds to Law Commission on reform of the communications offences
- VC responds to MoJ consultation on making some parole hearings open to victims of crime and the wider public
- VC responds to the CPS consulation on pre-therapy guidelines
- VC responds to the Government's consultation on the Victim's Code
- VC responds to the IRAL call for evidence on judicial review
- Victims' Commissioner outlines concerns around digital disclosure clauses in Policing Bill
- Victims' Survey 2021