Victim participation rights : variation across criminal justice systems /
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Author / Creator: | Braun, Kerstin, author. |
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Imprint: | Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2019] ©2019 |
Description: | 1 online resource. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Palgrave studies in victims and victimology Palgrave studies in victims and victimology. |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12455850 |
ISBN: | 9783030045463 3030045463 9783030045456 |
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Digital file characteristics: | text file PDF |
Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 19, 2019). |
Summary: | This book traces victims active participatory rights through different procedural stages in adversarial and non-adversarial justice systems, in an attempt to identify what role victims play during criminal proceedings in the domestic setting. Braun analyses countries with different legal traditions, including: the United States, England, Wales and Australia (as examples of mostly adversarial countries); Germany and France (as examples of inquisitorial systems); as well as Denmark and Sweden with their mixed inquisitorial-adversarial background. Victim Participation Rights is distinctive in that it assesses the implementation of formal processes and procedures concerning victim participation at three different procedural stages: first, investigation and pre-trial; second, trial and sentencing; and third, post-trial with a focus on appeal and parole. In addition, Braun provides an in-depth case study on the general position of victims in criminal trials, especially in light of national criminal justice policy, in Germany, a mostly inquisitorial system and Australia, a largely adversarial system. In light of its findings, the book ponders whether, at this stage in time, a greater focus on victim protection rather than on active procedural rights could be more beneficial to enhancing the overall experience of victims. In this context, it takes a close look at the merits of introducing or expanding legal representation schemes for victims. |
Other form: | Printed edition: 9783030045456 Printed edition: 9783030045470 |
Standard no.: | 10.1007/978-3-030-04 10.1007/978-3-030-04546-3 |
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