• E4J University Module Series: Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice

• Module 11: Access to Justice for Victims

• Introduction and learning outcomes

• Key issues

  • Topic 1: Understanding the concept of victims of crime and a short history of victimology
  • Topic 2: The impact of crime, including trauma
  • Topic 3: The rights of victims to an adequate response to their needs
  • Topic 4: Collecting victim data
  • Topic 5: Victims and their participation in the Criminal Justice Process
  • Topic 6: Victim services, institutional and non-governmental organization
  • Topic 7: A brief outlook on current developments regarding victims
  • Topic 8: Victims and international law, including international human rights law and international criminal law
  • Summary
  • References

• Exercises

• Case studies

• Possible class structure

• Core reading

• Advanced reading

• Student assessment

• Additional teaching tools

• Guidelines to develop a stand-alone course

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• First published in July 2019
  

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  This module is a resource for lecturers   

 

References

 

• Baldry, Anna Costanza, Cinquegrana, Vincenza, Regalia, Camillo and Crapolicchio, Eleonora (2016). The complex link between forgiveness, PTSD symptoms and well-being in female victims of intimate partner stalking. Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research, vol.9, 230-242.
• Bonta, James, Blais, Julie, and Wilson, Holly (2014). A theoretically informed meta-analysis of the risk for general and violent recidivism for mentally disordered offenders . Aggression and Violent Behavior, vol. 19, 278-287.
• Campbell, Rebecca, and Raja, Sheela (1999). Secondary Victimization of rape victims: Insight of mental health professionals who treat victims. Violence and Victims, vol. 14(3), 261-275.
• Christiansen, Elizabeth, and Evans, William (2005). Adolescent victimization: Testing models of resiliency by gender. Journal of Early Adolescence, vol. 25, 298-316.
• Cicchetti, Dante, and Rogosch, Fred (1997). The role of self-organization in the promotion of resilience in maltreated children. Development and Psychopathology, 9, 797-815.
• Council of Europe (1950). European Convention on Human Rights. Rome: European Union.
• Edwards, Ian (2004). An ambiguous participant: The crime victims and criminal justice decision making. British Journal of Criminology, vol. 44(6), 967-982.
• European Court of Human Rights (1979). Airey v. Ireland (No. 6289/73).
• European Court of Human Rights (1985). X and Y v. the Netherlands (No. 978/80).
• European Court of Human Rights (2010). Trufin vs. Romania (No. 3990/04).
• European Court of Human Rights (1979). Airey v. Ireland (No. 6289/73).
• Hermann, Judith (1992). Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror. New York: Basic Books.
• Hill, James (2009). Working with victims of crime: A manual applying research to clinical practice (2 ^nd) ed. Ottawa, ON: Department of Justice Canada.
• Hentin, Hans von (1948). The Criminal and his Victim: Studies in the Sociobiology of Crime. New Haven: Yale University Press.
• Inter-American Court of Human Rights (1990). OC-11/90, Advisory Opinion by the Court requested by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights .
• Inter-American Court of Human Rights (1988). Velasquez-Rodriguez v. Honduras .
• Inter-American Court of Human Rights (1997). Manuel Garcia Franco v. Ecuador .
• International Criminal Court (2005). Rules of Procedure and Evidence . The Hague: International Criminal Court.
• International Crime Victimization Surveys (n.d).
• Kirchhoff, Gerd Ferdinand (2010). History and theoretical structure of victimology. In W.G. Shoham, P. Knepper, and M. Kett, eds. International Handbook of Victimology. Boca Raton: Florida.
• Kropp, Randall, and Hart, Stephen (2000). The Spousal Assault Risk Assessment (SARA) Guide: Reliability and Validity in Adult Male Offenders. Law and Human Behavior, vol. 24(1), 101-118.
• Letschert, Rianne and Groenhuisen, Marc (2011). Global governance and global crime: Do victims fall in between? In R. M. Letschert, & J. J. M. Dijk, eds. The new faces of victimhood. Dordrecht: Springer.
• Miers, David (2014). Offender and State compensation for victims of crime: two decades of the development and change . International Review of Victimology, vol. 20(1), 145-168.
• Mendelsohn, Benjamin (1956). Une Nouvelle Branche de la Science Bio‐Psycho‐Sociale, la Victimologie. Etudes Internationales de Psycho‐Sociologie Criminelle X, 95-109.
• Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and International Bar Association (2003). Human Rights in the Administration of Justice: A Manual on Human Rights for Judges, Prosecutors and Lawyers. New York and Geneva: United Nations.
• Stover, Eric, Crittenden, Camille, Koenig, Alexa, Peskin, Victor and Gurd, Tracey (2010). The impact of the Rome Statute system on victims and affected communities. Kampala: Review Conference of the Rome Statute.
• Trumbull IV, Charles P (2008). The victims of victim participation in international criminal proceedings. Michigan Journal of International Law, vol. 29, 778.
• United Nations (2005). Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Remedy and Reparation for Victims of Gross Violations of International Human Rights Law and Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law (GA Resolution 60/147). New York: United Nations.
• United Nations (1985). Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power (A/RES/40/34). New York: United Nations.
• United Nations (2004). Convention Against Transnational Organised Crime and the Protocols (GA Resolution 55/25). New York: United Nations.
• United Nations (2000). Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons Especially Women and Children (GA Resolution 55/25). New York: United Nations.
• United Nations (1976). International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights , GA Resolution 2200A (XXI). New York: United Nations.
• United Nations (1984). Convention against Torture and Other, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Cruel (GA Resolution 39/46). New York: United Nations.
• United Nations (1979). Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (GA Resolution 34/180). New York: United Nations.
• United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (n.d). Center of Excellence in Statistical Information on Government, Crime, Victimization and Justice.
• Van Boven, Theo (2010). Introductory Note to the United Nations Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Remedy and Reparation for Victims of Gross Violations of International Human Rights Law and Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law. New York: United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law.
• Wemmers, Jo-Anne (2012). Victims' rights are human rights: The importance of recognizing victims as persons. Temida, vol. 15(2), 71-83.
• Wemmers, Jo-Anne (2017). Victimology: A Canadian perspective. Ontario: University of Toronto Press.
• Wedlock, Elaine and Tapley, Jacki (2016). What Works in Supporting Victims of Crime: A Rapid Evidence Assessment. London: Victims' Commissioner's Office.
• Worldwide Movement for Human Rights (2002). Victims in the Balance: Challenges Ahead for the ICTR. Rwanda: Worldwide Movement for Human Rights.

 

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