a natural person who has suffered harm, including physical, mental or emotional harm or economic loss which was directly caused by a criminal offence, as well as the family members of a person whose death was directly caused by a criminal offence and who have suffered harm as a result of that person's death.
… should be involved in addition to the police — specialist victim services, social services, child protection, health … ). The police are often the first point of contact for the victim and are called upon to respond to their immediate … to police mandates. However, strategies to ensure victim safety and perpetrator accountability are likely to be …
… violence must meet the requirements set out below. The victim’s own assessment of their safety and risk levels are … flexible and draws on all the information known about the victim and their situation. If using an actuarial risk … based on alternative sources of information, including the victim’s own assessment and the police officer’s professional …
… the design of effective and tailored responses for victim safety; the delivery of targeted and immediate risk … a multiagency framework accountable for decisions on victim safety and perpetrator management; the development of … risk of repeated violence; level or extent of harm to the victim and her children, her family or other relevant people; …
… violence whereby all datasets are disaggregated by: age of victim and perpetrator; sex of victim and perpetrator; relationship between victim and perpetrator; ethnicity of victim and perpetrator; …