A new Victims’ Code consultation - Chapter 1: Assessing victims’ needs effectively - Ministry of Justice

Chapter 1: Assessing victims’ needs effectively

1A. Does the new information, in the blue box in Right 1 entitled ‘When and how your needs will be assessed’ help victims to understand how their needs will be assessed?

Yes No

Please explain your answer.

1B. Do you think needs assessments occur at the right stages of the criminal justice process (those stages are when a victim first engages with the police, during the investigation of the crime, and before giving evidence)?

Yes No

Please explain your answer.

1C. Do you think they cover the right information to inform necessary adjustments to the services provided to victims?

Yes No

Please explain your answer.

1D. Do you think there could be a further needs assessment at the end of a case?

Yes No

If yes, what information could this cover and how could that information be used?

1E. What could agencies do to make sure that needs assessments are undertaken in a quality and trauma-informed way?

1F. What role could the Code have in facilitating needs assessments being undertaken in a quality and trauma-informed way?