Victims of crime
Topics:
Services for victims of crime who, along with witnesses, play a crucial role in the criminal justice process.
Services for Victims of Crime
Details on support for Victims of Crime is available on the NIDirect website
Information
- A guide to Northern Ireland's criminal justice system for victims and witnesses of crime
- A guide to Northern Ireland’s criminal justice system for bereaved families and friends following murder or manslaughter
- Flowchart of the criminal justice process
- Victims of Crime leaflet
- Victim Information Scheme
- Making a Victim Personal Statement
- Victim personal statement
- Making a Community Impact Statement
- Registered intermediary schemes
- Sentencing following conviction
- Expert victim impact report
Victim Charter
- Victim Charter
- Victim charter summary and victim of crime information leaflet in alternative languages Latviešu Português Româna Mandarin Chinese simple Polskie Lietuvių Česká and русский
Witness Charter
Victim of Crime Fund
Victim and Witness Strategy and Policy
- Victim and Witness Strategy 2021-2024
- Victim and Witness Action Plan 2017-2020
- Victims and witnesses Strategy 2013 to 2018
- Victims and Witness Strategy Action Plan 2015 to 2018
- The provision of victim impact statements and victim impact reports
- Special measures for vulnerable witnesses in Northern Ireland
- Making a difference: Improving access for victims and witnesses of crime
Research and Guidance
- A guide to achieving best evidence - practitioner guidance
- Autism: a guide for criminal justice professionals
- Research with young victims of crime
- Research with victims of sexual abuse and violence
- Research with victims of domestic abuse or violence
- Research into the experience of bereaved families
- Northern Ireland Registered Intermediaries Schemes Pilot Project