The Victim — A Passive Observer or an Active Participant in Criminal Proceedings. General Observations Following From the Assessment of Latvia’s Experience
The article aims to examine the role of the victim in criminal proceedings. Special focus is placed upon the proportionality of the personal and public interests in situations of criminal procedure, when the solution depends upon the victim’s opinion. The objective is set to examine the impact of the victim’s opinion on the existence or absence of criminal proceedings, choice of the form of proceedings, and evolution of the proceedings and results. Likewise, the victim’s role in proving the case is examined – considering this party to the proceedings both as a source of evidence and subject of proving.
Journal/Publisher: aculty of Criminal Justice and Security (FCJS), University of Maribor
Co-author/s: A. MEIKALISA in Gorazd MESKO, Andrej SOTLAR and Jack R. GREENE, "Criminal justice and security – contemporary criminal justice practice and research conference proceedings"
Publication type: Article
Number of pages/Page range: 245-260
Language/s (content): English
Date of publication: 01-02-13
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