How I conduct a saved victim impact statement.

Victims are a component of the interview process in which the victim is a series of questions by a prosecutor or investigator requested instructions. The statement can then be used in preparing for trial version or trial if the victim is something that is contrary to what was said the recorded interview. These statements are useful for detecting certain emotions, feelings and memories of the victims as soon as possible can sometimes encounter tests after the event, a year or longer after the initial event.Difficulty: ModerateInstructions1Ask victims are recorded by name and the address at the beginning of the statement, so that if it later to refuse will be impossible to the authenticity of the statement, to identify. If it is possible that authenticity is before the Court of first instance be challenged, you can also emphasize that information identifies the victim to offer complementary as inaugural name. 2Provide mother yourself and their official titles recorded Declaration. Some States require the investigator to band to identify, while others do not. However, it is a good idea in most cases you to identify so that you can act as a witness in the trial edition to the instructions. 3State, the date and purpose of the interview, but do not all details should be provided by the victim. For example, is it acceptable, say "That's registered to attack a Jane Doe Declaration", but no information unconfirmed as "This is a recorded Jane Doe statement on his aggression by John Doe."4Administer an oath or confirm the accuracy of the victim in this volume. Registered victim statements are allowed, to court and oath or affirmation of sincerity the credibility is the instru necessary to StärkenBerichterstattung on trial. 5Avoid, the UNdevelopment of verbal signals of the victim he speaks. Use words like "right" or "fair", but rather questions not advanced, easy and impartial. Consider each statement in detail enough, to get an answer from the victim. You may not assign or make your feelings known in advance about the low tape. 6Write questions and ask newsletter from your list. Issues that have been created in advance are more neutral and can be impartial, formulated during the tomb of interview questions in a way you can seems a biased investigator. 7Stick objective, verifiable who questions such as questions about, what, where, when, why and how the event. The victim is as important, unverifiable actions before the Tribunal can be challenged, undermines the credibility of the entire statement the spirit.