Community-Based Sentencing: The Perspectives of Crime Victims

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Table of Contents

• Acknowledgements
• Highlights
• Executive Summary
• 1. Introduction
  • 1.1 Community-Based Sanctions
  • 1.2 The Conditional Sentence of Imprisonment
    • 1.2.1 Community Custody vs. Prison
  • 1.3 Importance of Promoting Victim Understanding and Acceptance of Sanction
    • 1.3.1 Nature of the Input
• 2. Methodology
  • 2.1 Sources of Information
  • 2.2 Victim Focus Groups/ Interviews
  • 2.3 Interviews with Crown Counsel and Victims' Advocates
• 3. Victims and Community Sanctions: Findings from Previous Research
  • 3.1 Perceptions of Severity
  • 3.2 Summary
• 4. Conditional Sentence and Victim Interests: Recent Caselaw
  • 4.1 Summary
• 5. Reactions of Crime Victims
  • 5.1 Level of Knowledge
  • 5.2 Victim Participation in Sentencing: Attending the Sentencing Hearing
  • 5.3 Victim Input into the Conditions Imposed and Contact with the Crown
  • 5.4 Contact with Victim/Witness Assistance Program
  • 5.5 Victim Reactions to Specific Conditions
  • 5.6 Sources of Dissatisfaction with the Sentencing
• 6. Developing a Model to Explain testimonial Competency
• 7. Conclusion
• Appendix A
• Bibliography
• List of Cases

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