Guide for crime victims
Victims of crime will be able to hold the criminal justice system to account under proposals for a new code of practice backed by law, the Government announced today.
Victim Support: Victims could 'fall through the cracks'
Charities are warning that crime victims will no longer be referred to victims' services under new plans proposed today by the Government.
Currently, all victims are offered support once they experience a crime, but 80 per cent of them do not take it up.
Instead, automatic help will now be offered by the Ministry of Justice to those who "most need it".
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