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Assessing harm to the victim in sentencing proceedings

The following article examines the law in relation to assessing harm, the use of victim impact statements and how the courts have dealt with future psychological harm in sexual assault cases. The author uses the 2004 Court of Criminal Appeal's decision in R v Slack to illustrate how the law has changed.