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• Questionnaire of individual assessment of the victim2025-09-05

  Attention: translated from Polish

  The questionnaire of the individual assessment of the victim is the basis for the determination by law enforcement authorities (m.in. the prosecutor’s office or the police) of key information related to the victim and the crime itself.

  Before completing the questionnaire, it is necessary to determine:

  – whether the victim has a communicative command of the Polish language (this is important from the point of view of whether the presence of a foreign language interpreter will be necessary for the case)

  – whether the victim has difficulties in communicating (if so, a sign language interpreter or an expert in the field of assistive and alternative communication should be present during activities carried out by law enforcement authorities)

  The questionnaire consists of two parts:

  1. Part A – concerns the characteristics and personal conditions of the injured person
  2. Part B – concerns the type and extent of the negative consequences of the crime committed to the detriment of the victim

  What exactly is the questionnaire? Why is it so important?

  In addition to basic information such as age, gender, origin, religion, sexual orientation, professional and educational situation, the questionnaire determines the attitude of the victim to the perpetrator, and also allows to visualize the time, place and circumstances of the event. What is more, the document prepared by law enforcement agencies helps to correctly classify the act and determine what measures will be most appropriate for a given case. The collection of information also facilitates the work of the authorities due to the fact that they can apply for the form of questioning in a friendly room.

  What is the reason for this?

  The obligation to carry out such an assessment in each case was imposed on the Member States
  in Article 22 of Directive 2012/29/EU. The basis for the Council’s work was therefore the victim assessment questionnaire, developed as part of the European EVVI project implemented by the French Ministry of Justice, the Spanish Ministry of Justice, the UK Prosecutor General’s Office, the APAV organisation from Portugal and the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Poland. 

  Conclusions

  To sum up, an individual assessment is a closer look at the situation of the victim by the investigating authority, taking into account his or her personal characteristics, type or nature and the circumstances of the crime, in terms of the application of special protection measures to him/her. Cooperation with the victim is of key importance, especially in the case of preventive measures such as police supervision with a restraining order or contact order.

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