Where do English and Welsh victim-survivors of sexual violence perceive they might gain kaleidoscopic justice

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ID6430770
AuthorsOlivia Smith (0000-0002-1266-7377, Loughborough University), Tina Skinner (0000-0001-8908-4738, University of Bath), Melanie Channon (0000-0003-4820-0928, University of Bath), Rebecca Tarrant (University of Bath)
Year2025
Volume31
Issue3
Pages313-331
Publication date2025-05-09
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Review of Victimology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0269-7580 • E-ISSN: 2047-9433
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/02697580251329945
OpenAlexW4410264079
LanguageEN
References cited26

McGlynn and Westmarland in 2019 developed a holistic framework for victim-survivor understandings of justice after sexual violence. The framework, named ‘Kaleidoscopic Justice’, highlighted the importance of six components: consequences, recognition, dignity, voice, prevention, and connectedness. Now, we provide the first examination of whether victim-survivors perceive different support services and the criminal justice system (CJS) as achieving kaleidoscopic justice. To do this, we analysed data from an English survey of 586 victim-survivors, using principal components analysis to generate an index of perceived kaleidoscopic justice, descriptive statistics, and thematic analysis on the qualitative responses. The research also tested whether kaleidoscopic justice indicators are related to measures of satisfaction with the CJS. The findings demonstrate that kaleidoscopic justice measures are indeed a good proxy for satisfaction with the justice system. They also suggest that victim-survivors were more likely to view specialised support services as providing kaleidoscopic justice principles. The paper ends with (a) recommendations to government to reorientate CJS responses towards kaleidoscopic justice and increase state funding of specialist support services, and (b) a call to explore whether kaleidoscopic justice could also be a valuable framework for other crimes and in other jurisdictions

Criminology · Economic Justice · Injury prevention · Medical emergency · Occupational safety and health · Poison control · Political science · Sexual violence · Suicide prevention · Welsh · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · History · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Law · Law in Society and Culture · Medicine · Psychology · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies · Social Psychology

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