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Publication - Impact assessment

Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill: child rights and wellbeing impact assessment (CRWIA)

Published
26 April 2023
Directorate
Justice Directorate
Part of
Children and families, Equality and rights, Law and order
ISBN
9781805257707

This impact assessment considers how the Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill will affect children’s rights and wellbeing. It records the research, analysis and engagement that has taken place in respect of this and how this has informed the development of the Bill.

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Footnotes

1. Examination-in-chief is when the prosecutor takes evidence and cross-examination is when the defence takes evidence

2. Scottish Crime and Justice Survey 2019/20: Main Findings (www.gov.scot)

3. SCJS 2018/20 – Vol.7 – Sexual Victimisation tables

4. SCJS 2018/20 – Vol.7 – Sexual Victimisation tables

5. SCJS 2018/20 – Vol.7 – Sexual Victimisation tables

6. Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2018-19 (www.gov.scot)

7. Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2020-2021 (www.gov.scot)

8. Chapter 8: Adverse Childhood Experiences - Scottish Health Survey 2019 - volume 1: main report - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

9. Statistics briefing child sexual abuse (nspcc.org.uk)

10. Gender based violence and learning disability - Gender based violence - Health topics - Public Health Scotland

11. Beckett, H., Warrington, C. (2014) 'Suffering in silence: children and unreported crime': Victim Support/University of Bedfordshire

12. Houghton and MacDonald (2018), 'The Everyday Heroes Report on Justice'

13. Rates of post-traumatic stress disorder in trauma-exposed children and adolescents: meta-analysis - PubMed (nih.gov)

14. The Experiences of Young Complainant Witnesses in Criminal Court Trials for Sexual Offences, Randell, I. et al (2017), Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, vol. 25, no. 3

15. Backlog in the criminal courts – The impact on children and young people (yjlc.uk)

16. Delays-in-Trials-SCCJR-Briefing-Paper_July-2020.pdf

17. Power Up / Power Down | Scottish Women's Aid (womensaid.scot)

18. Section 1 Background and Context - Scotland's national action plan to prevent and eradicate FGM - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

19. Tackling-Female-Genital-Mutilation-in-Scotland-A-Scottish-model-of-intervention.pdf (scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk)

20. Why Don't Sexual Offence Complainers Have a Right to Anonymity in Scotland? | Edinburgh, Dr Andrew Tickell, published in Edinburgh Law Review, 2020 Law Review (euppublishing.com)

21. How Should Complainer Anonymity for Sexual Offences be Introduced in Scotland? Learning the International Lessons of #Letherspeak | Edinburgh Law Review, Dr Andrew Tickell, Published in Edinburgh Law Review, 2022 (euppublishing.com)

22. Inspection of COPFS practice in relation to sections 274 and 275 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (www.gov.scot)

23. Victims+Taskforce+-+Secretariat+-+8th+Meeting+-+2020-12-09+-+Paper+1+-+Victims+Voices+Key+Themes.pdf (www.gov.scot)

Contact

Email: vwjrbill@gov.scot

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