Victims of Crime Research Digest
Appendix A: Legislative History of Victim Impact Statements
References
- Callihan, J. 2003. Victim impact statements in capital trials: A selected bibliography. Working Paper 6. Cornell: Cornell Law School.
- Chalmers, J., P. Duff and F. Leverick. 2007. Victim impact statements: Can work, do work (for those who bother to make them). Criminal Law Review, (December): 360-379.
- Cole, M. 2003. Losing one’s voice: The victim impact statement at sentencing. M.A. Thesis. Ottawa: Department of Justice Canada.
- D’Avignon, J. 2001. Victim impact statements: A judicial perspective. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba.
- Erez, E. 2004. Integrating restorative justice principles in adversarial proceedings through victim impact statements. In Reconcilable rights: Analysing the tension between victims and defendants, ed.E. Cape. London: Legal Action Group.
- Erez, E., and K. Laster. 1999. Neutralizing victim reform: Legal professionals’ perspectives on victims and impact statements. Crime & Delinquency 45:530-53.
- Erez, E., L. Roeger, and F. Morgan. 1994. Victim impact statements in South Australia: An evaluation. Adelaide: South Australian Attorney General’s Department.
- Fors, S., and D. Rojek. 1999. The effect of victim impact panels on DUI/DWI re-arrest rates: A twelve-month follow-up. Journal of Studies on Alcohol 60:514-520.
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- Gaudreault, A. 2003. Victims of crime: A look at their experiences with Canada’s correctional system. Montreal: School of Criminology.
- Hill, T. 2005. Victim impact statements: A modified perspective. Law and Psychology Review 29:211-221.
- Hinton, M. 1995. Expectations dashed: Victim impact statements and the common law approach to sentencing in South Australia. University of Tasmania Law Review 14:81-98.
- Leverick, F., J. Chalmers, and P. Duff. 2007. An evaluation of the pilot victim statement schemes in Scotland.Research Findings, no. 92. Available at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/socialresearch.
- McDonald, S. 2000. The right to know: Women, violence, ethnicity and learning. Doctoral dissertation, Ontario Institute for the Studies in Education of the University of Toronto.
- Miller, K. 2007. Empowering victims through the use of victim impact statements in cases of sexual assault in Nova Scotia. Policy Centre for Victim Issues, Department of Justice Canada.
- Morgan, R., and A. Sanders. 1999. The uses of victim statements. London: Home Office, Research, Development and Statistics Directorate.
- Meredith, C., and C. Paquette. 2001. Summary report on Victim Impact Statement Focus Groups. Ottawa: Department of Justice, Policy Centre for Victim issues.
- National Parole Board. 2007. Parole statistics. Available at: http://www.npb-cnlc.gc.ca/infocntr/factsh/parole_stats_e.htm.
- O’Hear, M. 2006. Victims and criminal justice: What’s next? Federal Sentencing Reporter 19:83-90.
- Prairie Research Associates. 2004. Multi-site survey of victims of crime and criminal justice professionals across Canada. Ottawa: Department of Justice, Policy Centre for Victim Issues.
- Roberts, J. V. 2003. Victim impact statements and the sentencing process: Enhancing communication in the courtroom. Criminal Law Quarterly 47:365-396.
- Roberts, J. V., and A. Edgar. 2006. Victim impact statements at sentencing: Judicial experiences and perceptions: A survey of three jurisdictions. Ottawa: Department of Justice Canada.
- Rojek, D., J. Coverdill, and S. Fors. 2003. The effect of victim impact panels on DUI re-arrest rates: A five-year follow-up. Criminology 41:1319-1340.
- Sanders, A., C. Hoyle, R. Morgan, and E. Cape. 2001. Victim impact statements: Don't work, can't work. Criminal Law Review,(June): 447-458.
- Smanzia, S., and M. Gracyalny. 2006. Addressing the court, the offender and the community: A communication analysis of victim impact statements in a non-capital sentencing hearing. International Review of Criminology 13: 231-249.
- Young, A. 2001. The role of the victim in the criminal process: Literature Review – 1989-1999.Victims of Crime Research Series Ottawa: Department of Justice.
For Further Reading
- Department of Justice Canada. Victim Impact Statements in Canada: A Summary of the Findings. Ottawa: Department of Justice Canada, Research Section, 1990.
- Erez, E. “Victim Voice, Impact Statements and Sentencing: Integrating Restorative Justice and Therapeutic Jurisprudence Principles in Adversarial Proceedings.” Criminal Law Bulletin 40 (2004): 483-500.
- Erez, E., and J. V. Roberts. “Victim Participation in the Criminal Justice System.” In Victims of Crime, edited by R. Davis, A. Lurigio and S. Herman. 3rd ed. Beverly Hills: Sage, 2007.
- Langstraat, L. Emotion and Community Rhetorics: Victim Impact Statements as Cultural Pedagogy. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2006.
- Muir, J. Victim Impact Statements in Canada. Ottawa: Department of Justice Canada, 1990.
- Walker, S. “Victim Impact Statements. Voices to be Heard in the Criminal Justice Process?” In Reparation and Victim Focused Social Work, edited by B. Williams. London: Kingsley Publishers, 2002.
- Young, P. 2003. “Victim Statements.” Australian Law Journal 77:270.
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