Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill: equality impact assessment

Footnotes

1. Victims Taskforce - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

2. Improving-the-management-of-Sexual-Offence-Cases.pdf (scotcourts.gov.uk)

3. Scottish Jury Research - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

4. Improving victims' experiences of the justice system: consultation - Scottish Government - Citizen Space

5. The not proven verdict and related reforms - Scottish Government - Citizen Space (consult.gov.scot)

6. Victims' code for Scotland - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

7. Standards of Service for Victims and Witnesses 2022-23 | COPFS

8. Affirmative | Scottish Parliament Website

9. Applications can be made by the prosecution and the accused under section 275 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995.

10. Table A1.6: Prevalence of SCJS crime, by demographic and area characteristics, page 205 of Scottish Crime and Justice Survey 2019/20: Main Findings (www.gov.scot)

11. Sexual Crimes - Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2021-2022 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

12. Figure 9.13, Age when first (or only) incident of serious sexual assault happened, page 186 of Scottish Crime and Justice Survey 2019/20: Main Findings (www.gov.scot)

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

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

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

16. Key points - Domestic abuse: statistics recorded by the police in Scotland - 2021/22 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

17. everyday-heroes-briefing2-Justice.pdf (ed.ac.uk)

18. The Experiences of Young Complainant Witnesses in Criminal Court Trials for Sexual Offences: Psychiatry, Psychology and Law: Vol 25, No 3 (tandfonline.com)

19. Evidence and Procedure Review Report, 2015

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

21. Improving victims' experiences of the justice system: consultation analysis - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

22. 3. Focus on violent crime - Scottish Crime and Justice Survey 2019/20: main findings - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

23. An updated study into the characteristics of police recorded hate crime in Scotland (www.gov.scot)

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

25. scottish-household-survey-2020-telephone-survey-key-findings.pdf (www.gov.scot)

26. hate-crime-2021-22-publication-final.pdf (copfs.gov.uk)

27. Offences (Aggravation by Prejudice) (Scotland) Act 2009 (legislation.gov.uk)

28. Scottish Crime and Justice Survey SCJS 2018/20 - Data Tables - Volume 7 - sexual victimisation

29. ibid

30. 3. Civil justice problems - Civil justice statistics in Scotland 2020-21 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

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

32. Wiseman, P. and Ferrie, J. (2018) Our Bodies, Our Rights: Research Report, Scottish Learning Disabilities Observatory, University of Glasgow and Engender summarised in Batchelor, S. Armstrong, S and MacLellan, D. (2019) Taking Stock of Violence in Scotland - Chapter 7 Gender based violence

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

34. ibid

35. Scottish Crime and Justice Survey SCJS 2018/20 - Data Tables - Volume 7 - sexual victimisation

36. Wiseman, P. and Ferrie, J. (2018) Our Bodies, Our Rights: Research Report, Scottish Learning Disabilities Observatory, University of Glasgow and Engender summarised in Batchelor, S. Armstrong, S and MacLellan, D. (2019) Taking Stock of Violence in Scotland - Chapter 7 Gender based violence

37. Hate Crime in Scotland 2021-22 (COPFS)

38. An updated study into the characteristics of police recorded hate crime in Scotland (www.gov.scot)

39. LGBT+ People & Sexual Violence Report - Galop

40. ibid

41. The-Scottish-LGBT-Equality-Report.pdf (equality-network.org)

42. 9 Victims of Crime - Scottish Government Equality Outcomes: Pregnancy and Maternity Evidence Review - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

43. hate-crime-2021-22-publication-final.pdf (copfs.gov.uk)

44. Scottish Household Survey Key Findings (theapsgroup.scot)

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

46. RR82_F.indd (equalityhumanrights.com)

47. Counting the cost: BME women and gender‐based violence in the UK - Siddiqui - 2018 - IPPR Progressive Review - Wiley Online Library

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

49. ibid

50. Natsal-3: Key findings from Scotland

51. SRG-Police-Responses-in-Scotland-Report---RGB-spreads.pdf (rapecrisisscotland.org.uk)

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

53. Improving victims' experiences of the justice system: consultation analysis - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

54. Scottish Crime and Justice Survey 2019/20: associated data tables - gov.scot (www.gov.scot), Data Tables – Volume 7 – sexual victimisation

55. Criminal Proceedings in Scotland, 2019-20 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

56. Supporting documents - Criminal proceedings in Scotland: 2020-2021 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

57. RCS-Annual-report-2020-2021-web-pages.pdf (rapecrisisscotland.org.uk)

58. Key points - Domestic abuse: statistics recorded by the police in Scotland - 2021/22 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

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

60. Criminal Proceedings in Scotland, 2019-20 - Criminal Proceedings in Scotland, 2019-20 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

61. Supporting documents - Jury research - engagement events: summary of discussions - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

62. WRAP-91104-Law-Research-Report-Munro-2020.pdf (warwick.ac.uk)

63. (Tackling-Female-Genital-Mutilation-in-Scotland-A-Scottish-model-of-intervention.pdf (scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk), at page 6)

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

65. Tackling-Female-Genital-Mutilation-in-Scotland-A-Scottish-model-of-intervention.pdf (scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk), at page 20)

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

67. www.rapecrisisscotland.org.uk/resources/SRG---First-Meeting-FINAL-info-breakdown-web-version.pdf

68. Justice Journeys Report_Aug 2019_FINAL (sccjr.ac.uk)

69. Domestic-Abuse-Scotland-Act-2018-and-the-Criminal-Justice-System.pdf (sccjr.ac.uk)

70. Dr-Emma-E.-Forbes.pdf (sccjr.ac.uk)

71. Overview of Findings - Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018: interim reporting requirement - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

72. Supporting documents - Domestic abuse court experiences - perspectives of victims and witnesses: research findings - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

73. Supporting documents - Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 - male victims' experiences of the criminal justice system: emerging findings - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

74. Hate Crime in Scotland 2021-22 (COPFS)

75. An updated study into the characteristics of police recorded hate crime in Scotland (www.gov.scot)

76. Scottish Household Survey Key Findings (theapsgroup.scot)

77. The-Scottish-LGBT-Equality-Report.pdf (equality-network.org)

78. LGBT+ People & Sexual Violence Report - Galop

79. ibid

80. The-Scottish-LGBT-Equality-Report.pdf (equality-network.org)