Enhancing Law Enforcement Response to Victims: A 21st Century Strategy / International Association of Chiefs of Police, 2008
PDF - http://www.theiacp.org/documents/pdfs/Publications/EPRVStrategy.pdf
"A 21st Century Strategy for Enhancing Law Enforcement Response to Victims introduces state, local, and tribal law enforcement leaders to the benefits, challenges, methods, and responsibilities for enhancing their response to victims of crime."

First Response to Victims of Crime / National Sheriffs Association, April 2008
PDF - http://www.ovc.gov/publications/infores/pdftxt/FirstResponseGuidebook.pdf
"By approaching victims in a respectful and supportive manner, officers can gain their trust and cooperation. Victims may then be more willing to provide detailed information about the crime to officers and later to investigators and prosecutors, which, in turn, will lead to the conviction of more criminals."

Crime safety advice issued to men / BBC, 17 July 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7510823.stm
"Crime safety charity the Suzy Lamplugh Trust has issued advice to men for the first time.
The guidance published on its website recommends men carry personal attack alarms and avoid wearing headphones or talking on mobile phones. The trust says men are twice as likely to suffer a violent attack than women. "

Recorded Crime - Victims, Australia, 2007 / Australian Bureau of Statistics, 26 June 2008
http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/mf/4510.0?OpenDocument
"This publication presents national crime statistics relating to victims of a selected range of offences that have been recorded by police. These statistics provide indicators of the level and nature of recorded crime victimisation in Australia and a basis for measuring change over time. As not all crimes are reported to or recorded by police, other data sources can assist in providing a more comprehensive view of crime levels in society."

Migrant domestic staff 'at risk' / BBC, 2 July 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7484043.stm
"Most migrant domestic workers brought to the UK by their employers face abuse and exploitation, a report claims. Oxfam and campaign group Kalayaan found 10% of 312 people surveyed had reported sexual abuse, 26% physical abuse and 72% psychological abuse from bosses."
Report still to be published: briefing paper - http://www.kalayaan.org.uk/documents/Kalayaan%20Oxfam%20Briefing%20Paper%20final.pdf

Families call for tough sentences / BBC, 12 June 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7449775.stm
"Bereaved families have marched in London to demand tougher sentencing for the perpetrators of violent crime. The 40 families and their supporters heard a roll-call of victims' names in Whitehall Place before observing a minute's silence in their memory. They presented a 35,000-signature petition to 10 Downing Street."

How Government is addressing sexual violence and abuse: Speech about sexual violence by Vernon Coaker, Home Office minister, to the London Criminal Justice Board in February 2008 / Home Office, 4th March 2008
http://press.homeoffice.gov.uk/Speeches/vc-speaks-to-lcjb
"This is a transcript of the speech by Home Office Minister Vernon Coaker to the London Criminal Justice Board in February 2008. He talks about the importance of preventing crime and supporting victims."

Sexual assault crisis centre workers' perceptions of law enforcement: defining the situation from a systems perspective
International Journal of Police Science and Management, Volume: 10 Issue: 1, March 2008, Page(s): 23-35
http://www.atypon-link.com/VAT/doi/abs/10.1350/ijps.2008.10.1.23
Brian K. Payne, R. Alan Thompson
"To date, the literature tends to be rife with research examining individuals' perceptions of the police. Missing from this research were two types of studies: (1) those examining how certain types of professionals perceive the problems they have collaborating with law enforcement; and (2) those examining the consequences of those perceptions. This study addressed that void by considering how 44 sexual assault crisis workers described their experiences in collaborating with law enforcement agencies."
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[USA] Online Victim Notification Service Tracks Custody Status of Criminals / GovTech.com, 6 February 2008
http://digbig.com/4wjqr
"Called the "IowaVINE" system, a victim information and notification system for crime victims that tracks the custody status of criminals who have been arrested or convicted, has just expanded to include persons in the system of the Iowa Department of Corrections."

[Scotland] Split over forum for abuse victims / The Herald, 8 February 2008
http://digbig.com/4wjpd
DAVID LEASK
"The survivors of childhood abuse in care were promised "truth and reconciliation". Most welcomed the truth. Some rejected the reconciliation. The Scottish Government announced a special forum where victims can tell their stories and, perhaps, come to terms with their experiences."

Compensating victims of violent crime: report by the Comptroller and Auditor General / TSO, 14 December 2007
http://www.nao.org.uk/publications/nao_reports/07-08/0708100.pdf
HC 100: Session 2007/2008; SE/2007/250
Executive summary
http://www.nao.org.uk/publications/nao_reports/07-08/0708100es.pdf
Characteristics of victims of violent crime applying for compensation: a report to the National Audit Office / Atkins Management Consultants. 12 December 2007
http://www.nao.org.uk/publications/nao_reports/07-08/0708100_characteristics_victims.pdf

Sex trafficking: 'I was sold for £4,500' / Independent on Sunday, 13 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4wfgx
Diane Taylor
"Lena Suriane was tricked into sexual slavery. Now she wants compensation"

[Scotland] Call to set up fund to help clean houses after murders / Herald, 4 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4weyr
KEVIN SCHOFIELD
"A special fund should be set up to help crime victims with the cost of cleaning up their home after a murder has taken place."

[USA] How Long to Prosecute Child Sexual Abuse for a Community Using a Children's Advocacy Center and Two Comparison Communities?
Child Maltreatment, Vol. 13, No. 1, 3-13 (2008)
http://cmx.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/13/1/3?rss=1
Wendy A. Walsh ; Tonya Lippert ; Theodore P. Cross ; Danielle M. Maurice ; Karen S. Davison
"This article explores the length of time between key events in the criminal prosecution of child sexual abuse cases (charging decision, case resolution process, and total case-processing time), which previous research suggests is related to victims' recovery."
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Improving the Civil-Criminal Interface for Victims of Domestic Violence
Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, Volume 46 Issue 4 Page 356-371, September 2007
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1468-2311.2007.00482.x
AMANDA L. ROBINSON
"This exploratory study investigated the ‘interface’ between the civil and criminal courts in Cardiff using information from victims of domestic violence, advocates, and solicitors. The ‘interface’ between civil and criminal courts is completely dependent upon the advocates that support victims through the legal process, rather than any formal policy or procedure. Whilst in Cardiff these arrangements appear to be effective, developing the interface between civil and criminal courts needs to be a national endeavour to provide a consistent and streamlined response to victims of domestic violence."
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External Barriers to Help Seeking for Older Women Who Experience Intimate Partner Violence
Journal of Family Violence, Volume 22, Number 8 / November, 2007, Pages 747-755
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Richard L. Beaulaurier, Laura R. Seff, Frederick L. Newman and Burton Dunlop
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In the shadow of penal law: Victim—offender mediation in Germany and France
Punishment & Society, Vol. 9, No. 4, 395-415 (2007)
http://pun.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/9/4/395?rss=1
Stefanie Tränkle
"This article aims to demonstrate that German and French Victim-Offender Mediation schemes (VOM), in contrary to mainstream opinion, do not seem to work but face enormous problems, which prevent the procedure from putting into practice its intended aims. In her qualitative study on VOM, the author evaluated the interaction process between participants and mediators from a micro-sociological point of view. Based on that evaluation, it is suggested that VOM is not able to put into practice its specific modus operandi within the framework of a penal procedure."
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Iranian child victim of prostitution / BBC, 29 November 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/crossing_continents/7107379.stm
Julia Rooke
Sold into prostitution aged nine, condemned by an Iranian judge to hang at 18, Leila was saved by a group of human rights activists.

Help for 'honour crime' victims / BBC News, 21 November 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7105144.stm
"Victims or witnesses to so-called honour crimes or forced marriages are being urged to come forward through a new leaflet which is being issued. Published in five different languages, 'Love, "Honour" and Obey' aims to reassure victims in the West Midlands that there is support for them. The West Midlands' Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said it was the first CPS publication of its kind in the country."

Victims of Crime want Punishment - but not always Prison / HMI Probation, 16 November 2007
http://www.probation.homeoffice.gov.uk/output/Page391.asp
An ICM survey for the Ministry of Justice of 1,085 victims of non-violent crime in the UK found that almost half (49%) placed punishment as the most important part of an offender's sentence, with reparation "payback" second most important (43%) and "rehabilitation" third (36%).