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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819241903321

Autore

Roach Kent

Titolo

Due process and victims' rights : the new law and politics of criminal justice / / Kent Roach

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1999

©1999

ISBN

0-8020-7901-6

1-282-00856-0

9786612008566

1-4426-7412-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (402 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PascalGabriel <1894-1954.>

DukoreBernard Frank <1931->

Disciplina

344.71/03288

Soggetti

Victims of crimes - Legal status, laws, etc - Canada

Due process of law - Canada

Criminal justice, Administration of - Canada

Livres numeriques.

e-books.

Electronic books.

Canada

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Models of the criminal process -- The police -- The criminal trial -- Victimless crimes? -- Women -- Young people -- Minorities -- Aboriginal people -- Crime victims -- Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

"In the last two decades courts have been increasingly concerned about the rights of those accused of crime, while legislatures have been devoting more attention to the rights of crime victims and groups, such as women and children, who are disproportionately subject to some crimes. In Due Process and Victims' Rights Kent Roach argues that these concerns have transformed debates about criminal justice. He examines recent cases in which due process and victims' rights have



clashed and concludes that, in most instances, victims' rights claims have ultimately prevailed. He concludes that the future of criminal justice will depend on whether victims' rights continue to develop in a punitive fashion or whether they inspire increased emphasis on crime prevention and restorative justice."--Jacket.