TY - JOUR
T1 - Well-informed? Well represented? Well nigh powerless? Victims and prosecutorial decision-making
AU - Wade, Marianne
AU - Lewis, Christopher
AU - Aubusson de Cavarlay, Bruno
PY - 2008/1/1
Y1 - 2008/1/1
N2 - This article provides a brief overview of the ways in which prosecutors must engage with victims in the course of their work in criminal proceedings and what formal roles victims can assume in criminal proceedings. Besides exploring what rights victims have per se in criminal proceedings, analysis is provided as to what it means to be an additional prosecutor or a private prosecutor in several European criminal justice systems. A brief analysis of the effects these rights and the use of prosecutorial discretion has on victims is provided.
AB - This article provides a brief overview of the ways in which prosecutors must engage with victims in the course of their work in criminal proceedings and what formal roles victims can assume in criminal proceedings. Besides exploring what rights victims have per se in criminal proceedings, analysis is provided as to what it means to be an additional prosecutor or a private prosecutor in several European criminal justice systems. A brief analysis of the effects these rights and the use of prosecutorial discretion has on victims is provided.
U2 - 10.1007/s10610-008-9066-7
DO - 10.1007/s10610-008-9066-7
M3 - Article
SN - 0928-1371
VL - 14
SP - 249
EP - 261
JO - European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research
JF - European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research
IS - 2-3
ER -
