The AVARC project and the reception of victims by the public ministry

Abstract

The Project for Victim Reception, Analysis and Resolution of Conflicts offers the victim of crimes the opportunity to be heard about the events, restorative conferences attendance (STAR, VOC and others), referral of documentation aiming a minimum repair for the damage caused by the crime and appropriate information concerning the case in which he was a victim. The offensor also finds a shelter in this resolutive performance model, in view of the promotion of self-accountability for the offence practiced, repairing the damage caused to the victim and community affected by the effects of the crime.The Public Prosecutor's Office of the State of São Paulo, through this strategy of management of the Criminal Justice Prosecutor Attorney Office, provides the victim with a welcoming environment that seeks to prevent and combat the effects of victimization, especially in the secondary and tertiary modalities. Through humanized care provided to victims of crime, it is also possible to map and control the causes of victimization caused by police activity, thus providing effective external control of police activity. The prosecution’s resolutive and proactive action allows the induction of public policies to combat crime, especially by the diffuse external control of police activity.