Traduction de «Victim characteristic » (Anglais → Français) :

Certain groups of victims such as victims of sexual violence, gender, race hate or other bias crimes or victims of terrorism may require specialist support services due to the particular characteristics of the crime they have fallen victim to.

2a. In the context of the individual assessment, particular attention shall be paid to victims who have suffered considerable harm due to the severity and gravity of the crime, victims who have suffered a crime committed with a bias or discriminatory motive, which could notably be related to their personal characteristics, and victims whose relationship to and dependence upon the perpetrator make them particularly vulnerable.

(18) Individual assessments should take into account the personal characteristics of the victim such as age, gender and gender identity or expression, ethnicity, race, religion, sexual orientation, health, disability, residence status, communication difficulties, relationship to or dependence on the offender, previous experience of crime, the type or nature of the crime or the circumstances of the crime such as hate crime, bias crime or crime committed with a discriminatory motive, sexual violence, violence in close relationships, where the offender was in a position of control, the victims residence is in a high crime or gang dominated ...[+++]area, or whether the victim is a foreigner.

If we truly seek to understand crime, we must not be afraid to talk about mental health, rehabilitation, alcoholism, poverty, prevention, collaboration, restorative justice, true and lasting security, victims' rights, victim rehabilitation, the unique characteristics of communities, fair sentencing, and the circumstances surrounding every accused and every victim.

Bill C-41 specifically provides that the court will consider as an aggravating circumstance that someone was victimized by reason of a breach of trust, by reason of violence by a man against a woman in a domestic context, or by reason of hatred based on the personal characteristics of the victim.

An important aspect of the bill is that the vulnerability of an elderly person is not defined by the age of the victim alone, but rather by a combination of characteristics of the victim such as the victim's age, health or physical disability.