This article proposes a more multifaceted way of thinking about victim-survivors' perceptions of justice; what we have termed 'kaleidoscopic justice'. Developed from an empirical investigation with 20 victim-survivors of sexual violence, kaleidoscopic justice understands justice as a constantly shifting pattern; justice constantly refracted through new experiences or understandings; justice as an ever-evolving, nuanced and lived experience. Within this framework, a number of justice themes emerged, namely justice as consequences, recognition, dignity, voice, prevention and connectedness. This approach develops current understandings, in particular by emphasizing the fluidity of justice, as well as the centrality of prevention and connectedness in sexual violence survivors' understandings of justice. We suggest that it is only by better understanding victim-survivor perspectives on justice, and embedding the concept of kaleidoscopic justice, that we can begin to address the sexual violence 'justice gap'.

RDS is also part of National Statistics (NS). One of the aims of NS is to inform Parliament and the citizen about the state of the nation and provide a window on the work and perf o rm a n c e of government, allowing the impact of government policies and actions to be assessed.T h e re f o reResearch Development and Statistics Directorate exists to improve policy making, decision taking and practice in support of the Home Office purpose and aims, to provide the public and Parliament with information necessary for informed debate and to publish information for future use. i ForewordIn 1998 the Home Office announced the Crime Reduction Programme (CRP), which aimed to develop and implement an integrated approach to reducing crime and making communities safer. As part of this programme the Violence Against Women Initiative (VAWI) was launched in July 2000, and specifically aimed to find out which approaches and practices were effective in supporting victims and tackling domestic violence, rape and sexual assault. Thirty-four multi-agency victim focused pilot projects were funded and aimed to develop and implement a range of interventions for various population groups in a number of different settings and contexts. The projects were originally funded until the end of March 2002; however, 24 of these projects had their funding, and in some cases their evaluations extended until the end of March 2003. A further 24 'Round 2' projects were funded in March 2001; however these were provided with money purely for services and were not evaluated by the Home Office.For evaluation purposes the projects were divided into nine packages, and projects with similar solutions or tactics, or those which were operating in the same contexts, were g rouped together. Seven diff e rent independent evaluation teams were commissioned to assess the projects in terms of their development, impact and cost. The findings from all of the evaluations have been collated and a series of research reports and concise practitioner guides have been published or are planned.This re p o rt pulls together the findings from the evaluation of the 27 domestic violence p rojects. The re p o rt presents findings and recommendations on which interventions and approaches work to support victims and tackle domestic violence. P reviously published Crime Reduction Programme: Violence Against Women Initiative re p o rt s Domestic violence AcknowledgementsThis report would not have been possible without the help and co-operation from all of the workers who were employed by the evaluated projects, and the staff from the various associated agencies. The authors would also like to say a big thank you to all of the survivors of domestic violence who were very generous with their time, and agreed to be interviewed, often on more than one occasion, and completed various questionnaires.We would like to thank all the researchers from the other evaluation teams without whose input, contributions, co-operation and comments, this overview would not have been The collection of c...

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