victim impact
Sufferer's court statement
Victim impact refers to the effects of a crime on those harmed by it, particularly as presented in legal proceedings.
A victim impact statement allows crime victims or their families to describe physical, emotional, and financial consequences before sentencing: The judge considered the victim impact statement before ruling.
The phrase appears almost exclusively in legal and judicial contexts.
- crime victimsPeople harmed by illegal acts
- restitutionRestoring what was lost
- sentencingImposing legal punishment
- day in courtChance to present one's case
- traumaLasting psychological wound
court testimony · pain · truth commissions · stigma · therapy · reconciliation · counseling services · PTSD · empowerment programs · parole hearings · community healing · peer support groups · psychological harm · long-term effects · ripple effects · family members · isolation · emotional recovery
- crime newscrime scene, court reporter, court reporting, breaking news, arrest report
- Sentencing Factorsmitigating factors, aggravating factors, extenuating circumstances, criminal history, prior record
- victim servicescrisis intervention, safe house, emergency shelter, hotline, women's shelter
- victim compensationcompensation claims, injury compensation, crime victims
- victimologyvictimology, revictimization, child victims, domestic violence victims, vulnerable populations
- criminal justicearrest, jail, court, prison, crime