User:DanielleDiUlio/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Victim impact statement

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose to edit this article as I find it to be prevalent within my career as a victim advocate. This article provides a general description of the content and purpose of a victim impact statement and how they are used in different regions of the world.

Evaluate the article
The article Victim Impact Statement provides a detailed description of the purposes of victim impact statements within the judiciary system. Victim impact statements allow for victims of crime to speak within sentencing hearings to provide the court and judge with ways in which the crime has affected their life. This article also briefly explains how victim impact statements are used in other regions of the world comparatively to the United States. The article appears to provide a neutral point of view and uses current sources for only some sections. However, some of the links don't work or don't exist within the citations. This article would further benefit from some editing and current resources that are able to be reviewed once publsihed in order to support the information being provided.