A mixed-methods study of the role of the Victim Personal Statement (VPS) in sentencing decision-making in England and Wales.

关于受害人个人陈述 (VPS) 在英格兰和威尔士量刑决策中的作用的混合方法研究。

• 批准号: 2604126
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Cambridge
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2604126
• 关键词: mixed; methods; study; role; Victim

The proposed study is a mixed-methods exploration of the role of the Victim Personal Statement (VPS) in sentencing decision-making in England and Wales. The effect of victim impact evidence (VIE) on sentencing practices is underexplored worldwide, and is almost entirely unexplored in this jurisdiction. However, the question of whether the VPS serves to help or to hinder the decision-maker in adhering to the principle that the severity of a sentence should be proportionate to the seriousness of the crime, to which the extent of the harm suffered by the victim is a relevant consideration, is important. This feeds into wider discourse concerning the potential threat posed by victims' rights to those of defendants. The findings of the study will enable policymakers to give informed consideration to the future of the VPS, leading to its development and/or the fine-tuning of its parameters. The mixed-methods approach will involve interviews with judges and magistrates, and both qualitative and quantitative analysis of court transcripts.

拟议的研究是对受害者个人陈述（VPS）在英格兰和威尔士量刑决策中的作用的混合方法探索。受害人影响证据 (VIE) 对量刑实践的影响在世界范围内尚未得到充分探讨，在本司法管辖区几乎完全没有得到探讨。然而，VPS究竟是帮助还是阻碍决策者坚持刑罚的轻重与犯罪的严重程度、受害人受到的伤害程度相称的原则的问题？是一个相关的考虑因素，很重要。这引发了关于受害者权利对被告权利构成潜在威胁的更广泛讨论。该研究的结果将使政策制定者能够对 VPS 的未来进行明智的考虑，从而促进其发展和/或对其参数进行微调。混合方法将涉及对法官和治安法官的访谈，以及对法庭笔录的定性和定量分析。