If you have been a victim of a serious crime you may suffer physical and emotional effects. A Victim Impact Statement allows you to express, in writing, to a judge how being a victim of crime has affected you and those people close to you.
Your Victim Impact Statement should describe the harm done, the loss suffered by you and the emotional impact you have experienced. Filling out a Victim Impact Statement is voluntary and will be provided to the court and will be considered by the judge only at the time the offender is sentenced. Victim Impact Statements may also be used during Parole Board hearings.
To obtain a Victim Impact Statement please contact the Victim's Service Unit at the division where the crime occurred.
Your completed Victim Impact Statement must be mailed or delivered to the appropriate criminal court. All Victim Impact Statements relating to charges laid by Edmonton Police Service members must be placed in a sealed envelope and sent to:
Law Courts
1A Sir Winston Churchill Square
Edmonton, AB
T5J 0R2