Victims' Rights, Human Rights and Criminal Justice : Reconceiving the Role of Third Parties.
Material type:
- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781847314246
- 355.0311
- K5572.D63 2008
Prelims -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 The Evolution of Victims' Rights -- I. The Victim through History -- II. The Rebirth of the Victim -- III. The Normative Basis for Victims' Rights -- 2 The Right to Protection -- I. Protection from Victimisation -- III. Secondary Victimisation -- III. Conclusions -- 3 The Right to Participation -- I. Prosecution and Pre-Trial Processes -- II. The Trial Process -- III. Sentencing -- IV. Conclusions -- 4 The Right to Justice -- I. International Standards -- II. The Right to a Remedy in the Domestic Legal Order -- III. A Right to Truth? -- 5 The Right to Reparation -- I. Reparation as an International Standard -- II. Realising Reparation in the Criminal Justice System -- III. Rethinking Reparation -- IV. Conclusions -- 6 A Place for Victims' Rights? -- I. Victims' Rights and Adversarial Justice -- II. Alternative Approaches -- III. Looking to the Future -- Bibliography -- Index.
This book deconstructs the nature and scope of the rights of victims of crime.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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