Accommodating justice : victim impact statements in the sentencing process / Tracey Booth.

Annandale, N.S.W. : Federation Press, 2015.

86893

Victims of crimes -- Services for.

Victims of crimes -- Services for -- Australia.

Victim impact statements.

Victim impact statements -- Australia.

Criminal justice, Administration of.

Sentences (Criminal procedure)

Criminal justice, Administration of.

Chapter 1: A victim impact statement

Chapter 2: The use of VISs in the determination of penalty

Chapter 4: Victim impact statements and the integrity of the legal proceedings

Chapter 5: Victim impact statements and the offender's entitlement to a fair hearing

Chapter 6: Victims and the contentious nature of victim impact statements.

"Accommodating Justice: Victim Impact Statements in the Sentencing Process explores the complex territory where VISs, the law and legal institutions intersect with a focus on the requirements of fairness, most particularly in the courtroom. And it does so from multiple perspectives: courts, offenders and victims. The book draws from a range of theoretical and doctrinal sources as well as empirical studies from Australia, Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom. An ethnographic study of the performance of VISs in homicide sentencing hearings in the NSW Supreme Court woven through most chapters provides an innovative and evidence-based approach to the issues." -- Publisher's website.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9781760020484

xi, 197 p. ; 24 cm