Talk:Victim impact statement

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making some minor sanity changes and internationalised the article somewhat

Some of the original article is bizarre and misleading for UK/Australian law at least, and I'd be surprised if generally true for US - that the victim suggests sentence or punishment? I don't know about elsewhere, but in UK/Australian law that's crazy: the legion reasons can be summarised that (a) it's the Judge's job to decide sentence and (b) it's a misconception of the role of the VIS to go beyond informing the court to entering the court's decision making. Among other things, it would undermine the 'restorative' notion of VIS's by creating a false notion that victims are having a say in the sentence when they don't - the Judge solely determines.

That said, there's some programs, usually juvenile ones, where the victim and offender reconcile and agree on reparation etc.

also changed 'murder', because there's a great many crimes distinct from murder that result in a dead victim. dangerous driving, criminal negligence, etc. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.226.58.159 (talk) 15:29, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

Wikified

Wikified as part of the Wikification wikiproject! JubalHarshaw 17:40, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

UK?

I think that this article could be improved with some mention of the usage and effects of "Victim impact statements" in the UK. There is some relevant press coverage available online. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.47.53.9 (talk) 18:21, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Formal name in england and wales is Victim Personal Statements.©Geni (talk) 19:48, 26 January 2017 (UTC)

Material for a criticism or controversy section

There is some material for a controversy or criticism section in this article from the New Yorker : Template:Quote

And :

Template:Quote MonsieurD (talk) 16:56, 30 May 2020 (UTC)