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Adopting a Restorative Justice Approach to Help Victims Move Forward
Restorative justice gives the opportunity for people harmed by a crime and the people responsible for the harm to share how the crime has affected them. In this video, the Office of the Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner share how they have worked in partnership with organisations across the county to create a restorative community which help victims recover from what they have been through.
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Working in Partnership to Ensure Victims are Heard and Supported Throughout Justice Proceedings
43% of victims would report a crime again based on their previous experiences of the criminal justice system. In this video, the Victims Commissioner for London discusses the importance of working in partnership to create a single point of contact for victims, helping ensure their voice is not lost as they go through criminal justice proceedings.
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Identifying and Disrupting County Lines to Prevent Child Exploitation
Figures from the National Crime Agency reveal that there are over 2,000 county lines across the UK. Detective Superintendent Andy O’Connor is the County Lines Lead for Merseyside Police discusses the importance of partnership working with partners and the public to break the cycle of recruitment into county lines and gang crime.
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Supporting Victims and Witnesses to Achieve Good Evidence in Criminal Proceedings
68% of victims feel the wait before their case goes to court is too long. In this video, Naomi Burke is the Head of the Witness and Care Unit at Surrey Police discusses special measures and the importance of supporting vulnerable victims early in criminal justice process to help achieve good evidence later in court.
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A Whole-System Approach to Diverting Young People from Crime and Refocusing their Identity
According to the Office for National Statistics, there has been a 10% increase in knife-enabled crime in the past year. In this video, Jonathan Toy, Service Manager for Community Safety discusses the whole system approach they have in place that works as a preventive programme to meet individual’s needs and tackle serious youth crimes.
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Outlining the Long-term Effects of Image-based Abuse and its Impact on Victim’s Lives
Between 2020 and 2022, over 60,000 pieces of sexual content were reported to the Revenge Porn Helpline. In this video Folami Prehaye, Founder of Victims of Image Based Crime shares her own experiences of image based abuse and highlights both long and short term impacts on victims to illustrate how organisations can provide trauma-informed support.
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Taking a Restorative Justice Approach to Help Hate Crime Victims
In the year ending March 2022, over 155,000 hate crimes were recorded by the police in England and Wales. Victoria Willis and Andrew Goodall, Lead Practitioner for Restorative Justice and Restorative Justice Practitioner at Catch 22 Nottinghamshire Victim CARE, discuss supporting victims of hate crime with a restorative justice approach, helping them recover from the crime.
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Developing a Holistic Response to Emerging Cyber Crime
It is estimated that more than 90% of reported crime now has a digital element, according to the Policing Digital Strategy 2020-2030. DI Chris White, Head of Cyber and Innovation at the South East Cyber Resilience Centre discusses the importance of engaging with youth and intervening early to prevent cybercrimes when they are on the pathway to committing them.
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