With the ubiquity of technological devices producing video and audio recordings, violent crimes are increasingly captured digitally and used as evidence in the criminal justice process. This paper presents the results of a qualitative study involving Canadian criminal justice professionals, and asks questions surrounding the treatment of video evidence and the rights of victims captured within such images. We argue that loss of control over personal images and narratives can re-traumatize survivors of sexual violence, creating technologically-facilitated cycles of abuse that are perpetuated each time images are viewed. We find that the justice system has little to no consistent policy or procedure for handling video evidence, or for ameliorating the impact of these digital records on survivors. Subsequently, we assert that the need for a victim-centred evidence-based understanding of mediated evidence has never been greater.

随着制作视频和音频的技术设备无处不在，暴力犯罪越来越多地以数字方式捕获并用作刑事司法程序中的证据。本文介绍了一项涉及加拿大刑事司法专业人员的定性研究的结果，并围绕视频证据的处理和此类图像中捕获的受害者的权利提出了问题。我们认为，失去对个人形象和叙述的控制会重新伤害性暴力的幸存者，创造技术促进的虐待循环，每次查看图像时都会持续下去。我们发现，司法系统在处理视频证据或减轻这些数字记录对幸存者的影响方面几乎没有一致的政策或程序。随后，