The Denial of Victimisation: An Investigation into the Eligibility of People with Criminal Records for Statutory Victim Compensation in the UK.

否认受害：对英国有犯罪记录的人获得法定受害者赔偿资格的调查。

• 批准号: 2720813
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Nottingham
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2720813
• 关键词: Denial; Victimisation; Investigation; into; Eligibility

Individuals with unspent criminal records are subject to numerous collateral consequences which elongate punishment beyond criminal sentencing. The exclusion of people with unspent criminal records from government-funded criminal injuries compensation by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) is one such collateral consequence. This project will investigate the impacts of this UK Government policy concerning the eligibility of individuals with criminal records for statutory compensation when they are victims of serious and violent crime. Specifically, it will explore how CICA applies the provisions of the 2012 Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme which mandates that those who have unspent convictions under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 are very likely to have their application for compensation rejected. This denial of victimisation has impacted over 11,000 individuals since 2012, preventing financial aid and symbolic recognition to victims who themselves have a criminal record. To explore the impacts of the denial of victimisation, a mixed methods approach will be adopted. Following a comprehensive literature review, the project will draw upon quantitative secondary data analysis and semi-structured interviews. The secondary analysis will concern publicly available CICA transparency data on award decisions, rejection reasons and award values. From this data, overarching awarding trends will be identified and analysed to discern the groups of individuals most frequently affected by CICA's eligibility restrictions. Subsequently, semi-structured interviews with people with criminal records who have been victims of serious and violent crime, and individuals who have supported applicants to CICA will provide a more in-depth understanding of the impacts of the denial of victimisation. Interviews will be conducted with both those who did and did not apply to CICA for compensation in order to also understand reasons for non-pursual of claims. After developing a detailed understanding of the impacts of the denial of victimisation, this project will consider avenues for the future reform of the 2012 Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme. Reform considerations are particularly pertinent as the UK government conducted a public consultation (2022) regarding potential revisions to the eligibility rule which prevents most victims of serious and violent crime with unspent criminal convictions from receiving compensation. Consequently, this project seeks to devise an informed route to minimize harm caused by the 2012 Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme to those with unspent convictions, with an emphasis on reducing secondary victimisation and their treatment as subaltern and undeserving citizens, whilst acknowledging CICA's limitations such as financial constraints.

有未使用犯罪记录的个人受到许多附带后果的影响，这些后果延长了刑事判决之外的惩罚。刑事伤害赔偿管理局（CICA）将有犯罪记录的人排除在政府资助的刑事伤害赔偿之外，就是这样一个附带后果。该项目将调查英国政府关于有犯罪记录的个人在遭受严重暴力犯罪时是否有资格获得法定赔偿的政策的影响。具体来说，它将探讨CICA如何适用2012年刑事伤害赔偿计划的规定，该计划规定，根据1974年《罪犯改造法》，那些未被定罪的人的赔偿申请很可能被拒绝。自2012年以来，这种对受害者的否认影响了1.1万多人，阻碍了对本身就有犯罪记录的受害者的经济援助和象征性认可。为了探索否认受害的影响，将采用混合方法。在全面的文献综述之后，该项目将利用定量的二手数据分析和半结构化访谈。二级分析将涉及可公开获得的CICA关于奖励决定、拒绝理由和奖励价值的透明度数据。根据这些数据，将确定和分析总体授奖趋势，以辨别最常受亚信资格限制影响的个人群体。随后，对有犯罪记录的严重暴力犯罪受害者，以及支持CICA申请人的个人进行半结构化访谈，将更深入地了解拒绝受害者的影响。我们将与向亚信申请赔偿的人和没有向亚信申请赔偿的人进行面谈，以便也了解不追究索赔的原因。在详细了解否认受害的影响之后，该项目将考虑未来改革2012年刑事伤害赔偿计划的途径。改革的考虑是特别相关的，因为英国政府就资格规则的潜在修订进行了公众咨询（2022年），该规则阻止了大多数严重和暴力犯罪的受害者获得未支付的刑事定罪的赔偿。因此，本项目旨在设计一种知情的途径，以尽量减少2012年刑事伤害赔偿计划对未支付定罪的人造成的伤害，重点是减少二次受害，并将他们视为次等和不应得的公民，同时承认亚信的局限性，如财政限制。