Victim impact statement

Related terms

Repeat victimisation

The empirical pattern in which a small proportion of people or locations experience a disproportionate share of violent incidents. Domestic violence shows...

Secondary victimisation

Additional harm caused to a victim through the process of reporting and investigation, such as disbelief, insensitive questioning, or retraumatisation. Fear of...

Victimology

The sub-field of criminology that studies crime victims: their characteristics, the victim-offender relationship, the impacts of victimisation, and the adequacy of legal...

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

A recognised psychological disorder that can follow exposure to traumatic events including criminal victimisation. Diagnostic criteria include intrusive re-experiencing, avoidance, negative mood...

Restorative justice

A process in which the victim, the offender, and relevant community members meet with a trained facilitator to discuss the harm caused,...

Routine activity theory

A criminological framework developed by Cohen and Felson (1979) that explains property crime as the product of three converging elements: a motivated...

Victim precipitation

The discredited idea, associated with Von Hentig and Mendelsohn, that victims bear some responsibility for their own victimisation through their behaviour or...

Explained in these topics

• Foundations of VictimologyA formal submission, now available in many jurisdictions including the US, UK, India, and Australia, in which a crime victim describes the personal harm caused...
• Victim Rights, Support, and the Impact of CrimeA written or oral account submitted by a victim (or victim's family) describing the physical, psychological, financial, and social effects of the crime. Admitt...