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Crime, Victims and Justice : Essays on Principles and Practice.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2004Copyright date: ©2004Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (172 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781351947534
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Crime, Victims and JusticeDDC classification:
  • 364.6/8
LOC classification:
  • HV8688 .C72 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Doubts on the Upsurge of the Victim's Role in Criminal Law -- 2. Gearing Justice Action to Victim Satisfaction: Contrasting Two Justice Philosophies: Retribution and Redress -- 3. Compensation for Victims of Crime -- 4. Victims' Rights and Restorative Justice: Piecemeal Reform of the Criminal Justice System or a Change of Paradigm? -- 5. Against the Pain of Punishment: Retribution as Reparation through Penal Servitude -- 6. Victims on View: Are Victims Served by the Principle of Open Justice? -- 7. Victims and the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia -- 8. The Rights and Needs of Victims in the Criminal Justice Process -- Index.
Summary: Victims of crime are still marginalized in criminal law practice, even though a number of legislatures have introduced reforms on their behalf. This collection of papers from some of the leading experts in the field provides a better understanding of the problems associated with restorative justice, with the aim of improving criminal law in the area.
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Doubts on the Upsurge of the Victim's Role in Criminal Law -- 2. Gearing Justice Action to Victim Satisfaction: Contrasting Two Justice Philosophies: Retribution and Redress -- 3. Compensation for Victims of Crime -- 4. Victims' Rights and Restorative Justice: Piecemeal Reform of the Criminal Justice System or a Change of Paradigm? -- 5. Against the Pain of Punishment: Retribution as Reparation through Penal Servitude -- 6. Victims on View: Are Victims Served by the Principle of Open Justice? -- 7. Victims and the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia -- 8. The Rights and Needs of Victims in the Criminal Justice Process -- Index.

Victims of crime are still marginalized in criminal law practice, even though a number of legislatures have introduced reforms on their behalf. This collection of papers from some of the leading experts in the field provides a better understanding of the problems associated with restorative justice, with the aim of improving criminal law in the area.

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