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Victims and the Criminal Trial
Tyrone Kirchengast
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Description for Victims and the Criminal Trial
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Victims and Victimology. Num Pages: 366 pages, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JKVP; JKVQ2; LAR; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 606.
This book addresses the idea that victims remain contested and controversial participants of justice in the twenty-first century adversarial criminal trial. Victims are increasingly participating in all phases of the criminal trial, with new substantive and procedural rights, many of which may be enforced against the state or defendant. This movement to substantive rights has been contentious, and evidences a contested terrain between lawyers, defendants, policy-makers and even victims themselves.
Bringing together substantial source materials from law and policy, this book sets out the rights and powers of the victim throughout the phases of the modern adversarial criminal trial. It examines the role ... Read more
This book addresses the idea that victims remain contested and controversial participants of justice in the twenty-first century adversarial criminal trial. Victims are increasingly participating in all phases of the criminal trial, with new substantive and procedural rights, many of which may be enforced against the state or defendant. This movement to substantive rights has been contentious, and evidences a contested terrain between lawyers, defendants, policy-makers and even victims themselves.
Bringing together substantial source materials from law and policy, this book sets out the rights and powers of the victim throughout the phases of the modern adversarial criminal trial. It examines the role ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
366
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Studies in Victims and Victimology
Number of Pages
339
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137509994
SKU
V9781137509994
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99-15
About Tyrone Kirchengast
Tyrone Kirchengast is Senior Lecturer in Criminal Law at the University of New South Wales, Australia. His research focuses on criminal law and justice, with particular interest in victims of crime, comparative criminal justice, and the development of institutions of criminal law and justice. He has published widely on the integration of victims in the criminal trial and is the ... Read more
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