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New research on public views towards sentencing for child homicide offences reveals:

Sentences for child manslaughter are often viewed by the community as inadequate. Those who held more punitive views towards crime and justice generally were more likely to feel that imposed sentences were overly lenient.
Sentences were not felt to take sufficient account of the vulnerability and defencelessness of the child victim.
The conduct of the offender before and after the offence was also considered as important factors by community members in assessing the severity of a case.

Read: Sentencing for child homicide offences: Assessing public opinion using a focus group approach

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WHO: Survivors of violence tell their stories

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Survivors of violence tell their stories

Very few survivors of violence ever tell anyone about their experiences. A new package of testimonial videos produced by WHO and the Global Partnership to End Violence against Children features the stories of five individuals from around the world – Ruby, Florence, Jeremy, Stewart and Eugenie – who have courageously shared their personal accounts of violence, how it affected them, and which interventions proved to be most beneficial.

“Violence often occurs behind closed doors, and many survivors of violence suffer for years in silence,” notes Dr Etienne Krug, Director of the WHO Department of Social Determinants of Health. “All survivors of violence should be given the encouragement and support they need to break the silence and access services to help them heal physically and mentally and achieve justice.”

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