Victims’ Commissioner: ‘There needs to be an end to the culture where victims’ rights are regarded as optional extras’

10th November 2023Thomas James, Policing Insight

As the parliamentary debates around the legislation set out in the King’s Speech – including a new Victims and Prisoners Bill – got underway, Victims’ Commissioner Baroness Newlove outlined to House of Lords’ colleagues the results of the latest victims experiences survey which underline high levels of dissatisfaction with the police and criminal justice system, and a reluctance to report crimes in the future, as Policing Insight’s Thomas James reports.

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