Victim Services

IMPORTANT NOTICE

For the duration of the mail strike, completed victim impact statements can be faxed to the NWT Court Registries in either:

Inuvik (for court cases in Inuvik, Aklavik, Fort McPherson , Paulatuk, Tuktoyaktuk, Ulukhaktok or Sachs Harbour);
Yellowknife (for court cases in Yellowknife, Behchoko, Whati, Lutsel ke, Tulita, Fort Good Hope, Deline or Norman Wells); or,
Hay River (for court cases in Hay River, Fort Liard, Fort Providence, Fort Resolution, Fort Simpson, or Fort Smith).

Please phone ahead to advise Court Registry staff that you are about to fax them a Victim Impact Statement.

Inuvik Court Registry fax number: 1-867-777-3634 (phone 1-867-777-7300)

Hay River Court Registry fax number: 1-867-874-6731 (phone 1-866-885-2535)

Yellowknife Court Registry fax number 1-867-873-0291 (phone NWT Court at 1-866-822-5864)

Please do not fax your victim impact statement through your RCMP detachment. Instead ask to use the fax at your local Victim Services office or Social Services office . Stay with the fax machine to get confirmation that your Victim Impact Statement was sent successfully. Be sure to take your original Victim Impact Statement from the fax machine.

Your voice is important.

Victim Impact Statements

A Victim Impact Statement is a written statement that tells the court how a crime affected you. It answers questions like:

How did the crime make you feel?
How did it affect you emotionally?
How did it affect the way you feel about yourself?
Why do you think this has happened to you or to your loved one?
After the crime, how did you respond? What did you do? How did other people respond?
What went through your mind?
After this crime happened, how did you change your relationship with the accused person?
What did you do to resist the crime?
Did you make any lasting decisions about the person you want to be after this crime? How has that worked out for you?

When you report the crime to the RCMP, they will give you an NWT Victim Impact Statement form and guide. Done properly, your victim impact statement will give you a voice in court at the sentencing hearing.

To get help with a victim impact statement, call your local victim services program. Victim services can help you in your langauge.

If you have questions about this program, please contact:

Manager, NWT Victim Services
Courthouse
PO Box 1320
Yellowknife NT X1A 2L9
Telephone: (867) 920-6911 (Collect calls accepted)
Fax: (867) 873-0199

This page last updated: June 2011