Criminal Injuries Compensation Board Research Articles

Unions face set-back over injuries Bill.

A bid by trade unions to stop the Government from scrapping the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board was lost in the High Court last week.

A DUTY TO PROTECT FROM VIOLENT BEHAVIOUR: THE HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK ACT 1974 AND HOSPITAL SECURITY

This paper in the main considers safety of staff within hospitals, although many of the problems faced by staff, particularly nurses, are experienced in a variety of organisations which come in close contact with the public and are therefore applicable to them. In the paper legislation in the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (HSAWA) is examined in the context of the safety of individuals in hospitals. Hospital authorites owe a duty of care to staff to identify the nature and extent of all risks and to provide a safe working environment. This is a question not only of common law but also of civil liability and of statute criminal liability under HSAWA. At common law employing authorities who fail to take reasonable care for the safety and welfare of staff or, who by negligent act or default create a situation in which employees are placed in danger, may find themselves open to charges of negligence, ordered to pay damages for any injury sustained and be accountable to law. It is the legal duty of employing authorities to take such care. The Criminal Injuries Compensation Board (CICB) may provide the victim with what amounts to damages if he or she suffered injury through another persons criminal act.

Violence in the Accident and Emergency Department.

Crimes of violence are recorded increasingly frequently, including those involving health professionals. We reviewed records of violent incidents kept for a major Accident and Emergency Department over a ten-year period. Details were recorded in a Violent Incident Book by all grades of A/E staff, and separate records were kept by hospital security officers. A total of 407 incidents were recorded. Numbers, rank and sex of staff assaulted, types of assault, injuries received, weapons used and characteristics and disposal of perpetrators were recorded. Many were young males who had been drinking: others were regular attenders, of whom three subsequently died and one convicted of murder. Nurses and male doctors appeared to be at the greatest risk of assault and receptionists at the least risk. Recording of violent incidents and subsequent prosecution seemed inconsistent, and may have reflected the lack of a code of practice in this area. Suggestions are made about preventing, predicting and dealing with violence, and its aftermath, in the A and E department, including the use of security officers and closed circuit television, waiting room design, the recognition of body language and signs of alcohol or substance intoxication. The importance of staff support after an assault is emphasized, including immediate and long-term counselling, provision of legal advice, criminal or civil court action, victim support schemes and the workings of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board. Free legal advice for staff assaulted at work should be included in the terms of service of NHS staff.

Book Review: The Use and Enforcement of Compensation Orders In Magistrates' Courts. Home Office Research Study No 102. Tim Newburn. HMSO; London, 1988. 57 pp., paperback: £5.00.; Compensation Orders in the Scottish Criminal Courts. Scottish Office Central Research Unit Papers. Gerry Maher and Chris Docherty, Scottish Office; Edinburgh, 1988. pp. 93, paperback: £3.00.; The Settlement of Claims at the Criminal

Book Review: The Use and Enforcement of Compensation Orders In Magistrates' Courts. Home Office Research Study No 102. Tim Newburn. HMSO; London, 1988. 57 pp., paperback: £5.00.; Compensation Orders in the Scottish Criminal Courts. Scottish Office Central Research Unit Papers. Gerry Maher and Chris Docherty, Scottish Office; Edinburgh, 1988. pp. 93, paperback: £3.00.; The Settlement of Claims at the Criminal

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REVIEWS Get access THE USE AND ENFORCEMENT OF COMPENSATION ORDERS IN MAGISTRATES' COURTS. By TIM NEWBURN. Home Office Research Study No. 102. (London: HMSO, 1988. v + 49 pp. £5.) THE SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS AT THE CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION BOARD. By TIM NEWBURN. Home Office Research Study No.112. (London: HMSO, 1989. v + 41 pp. £4.30.) David Miers David Miers Cardiff Law School, University of Wales Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Criminology, Volume 30, Issue 3, Summer 1990, Pages 395–400, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjc.a048042 Published: 01 July 1990

Pennies from Heaven: The Ontario Criminal Injuries Compensation Board

Pennies from Heaven: The Ontario Criminal Injuries Compensation Board

The work of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board.

The work of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board.

The Criminal Injuries Compensation Board: The First Ten Years (1964 – 1974)

The Criminal Injuries Compensation Board: The First Ten Years (1964 – 1974)

The Criminal Injuries Compensation Board*

The Criminal Injuries Compensation Board Get access David Hirschel, M.A. David Hirschel, M.A. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Current Legal Problems, Volume 26, Issue 1, 1973, Pages 40–65, https://doi.org/10.1093/clp/26.1.40 Published: 01 December 1973

The Work of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board

The Work of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board