Victims' Rights
Nature Of Victims' Rights Movement, Origins Of The Movement, Goals And Successes, Victim Impact Statements
At the end of the twentieth century, a broad movement supporting the rights of victims of crime prospered in the United States. This victims' rights movement has many facets, including both liberal and conservative components. Sometimes it conflicts with the prosecution, and sometimes it serves as the prosecution's ally.
ROBERT P. MOSTELLER
See also CAPITAL PUNISHMENT: LEGAL ASPECTS; CAPITAL PUNISHMENT: MORALITY, POLITICS, AND POLICY; CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROCESS; DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROGRAMS; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; INFORMAL DISPOSITION; POLICE: COMMUNITY POLICING; PROSECUTION: HISTORY OF THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR; PROSECUTION: PROSECUTORIAL DISCRETION; RESTORATIVE JUSTICE; SHAMING PUNISHMENTS; VICTIMS.
CASES
Booth v. Maryland, 482 U.S. 496 (1987).
Payne v. Tennessee, 501 U.S. 808 (1991).
Additional topics
- Vigilantism - Origins, Examples, Ideologies Of Vigilante Groups, Contemporary Vigilantism, Bibliography
- Victims - Distinguishing Victims And Offenders, The Emergence Of Victim Concerns, National Crime Victimization Survey (ncvs)
- Victims' Rights - Nature Of Victims' Rights Movement
- Victims' Rights - Origins Of The Movement
- Victims' Rights - Goals And Successes
- Victims' Rights - Victim Impact Statements
- Victims' Rights - U.s. Constitutional Protection For Victims
- Victims' Rights - Conclusion
- Victims' Rights - Bibliography
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