{"id":8929,"date":"2018-01-29T16:03:22","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T14:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hrmi.lt\/handbook-for-officers-communicating-with-victims-of-crime\/"},"modified":"2024-02-16T17:26:41","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T17:26:41","slug":"handbook-for-officers-communicating-with-victims-of-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrmi.lt\/en\/handbook-for-officers-communicating-with-victims-of-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"HANDBOOK FOR OFFICERS: COMMUNICATING WITH VICTIMS OF CRIME"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each year plenty of people become victims of crimes. A crime violates the victim\u2019s physical and (or) psychological integrity and may damage the person\u2019s self-esteem and trust in other people. Therefore, professional communicating by pre-trial investigation officers is a crucial precondition for avoiding further negative and harmful consequences related to the experienced crime.<\/p>\n<p>The Human Rights Monitoring Institute gathered a team of nine experts and produced a practical Handbook for law-enforcement officers \u201cCommunicating with victims of crime\u201d. The aim of the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/hrmi.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Handbook-for-Officers-HRMI.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Handbook<\/a>&nbsp;is to equip law enforcement officers with the knowledge and skills on how to communicate with victims in a respectful, sensitive and professional manner without discrimination of any kind. Special emphasis is placed on communicating and providing help to especially vulnerable victims \u2013 children, persons with psychosocial or intellectual disabilities, victims of sex crimes, human trafficking, domestic violence and hate crimes.<\/p>\n<p>This Handbook was reviewed by the Prosecutor\u2019s General Office of the Republic of Lithuania, Mr Levant Altan from Victim Support Europe (Belgium) and Mr P\u00e4r Stihl from Linnaeus University (Sweden).<\/p>\n<p>Find the Handbook <a href=\"https:\/\/hrmi.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Handbook-for-Officers-HRMI.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hrmi.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Veliava-angliskai.bmp\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-3911 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/hrmi.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Veliava-angliskai.bmp\" alt=\"\" width=\"277\" height=\"71\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each year plenty of people become victims of crimes. 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