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Victims’ Services Best Practices Guide for Parole Board Chairpersons and Members (2018)

The responsibility to ensure that victims’ rights are enforced requires all persons within the criminal justice system to work together throughout all processes -collaborating when possible, establishing agreements to share information and communications,completing referrals or ‘warm handoffs’ to associated agencies, and ensuring that the victim is aware of changes or events that impact case outcomes. The collective efforts of those involved within and external to the criminal justice system rely on the use of a systems-based approach, which balances the rights of the alleged or convicted defendant and the crime victim/survivor, respectively.

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