Rights for Victims of Crime starts with chapters on the extent and consequences of victimization as well as national and international standards. Its core chapters show how to better meet the needs of victims; It shows how to improve the law enforcement response. It calls for sustained, availability of services. It illustrates how to get restitution from the offender and the state; It calls for legal standing for victims in court. Its conclusions call for judicial protection of victim rights and protecting the investment of taxpayers in serving victims. Each chapter concludes with specific proposals for legislators.
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“Rights for Victims of Crime: Rebalancing Justice focuses on the next steps forward for victims: comprehensive laws, permanent funding, and rights. … I encourage anyone who has been a victim of crime in any sense of the word … to read and embrace this book. It is a work that people must hold up to their legislators to demand that victims’ issues be urgently addressed through legislation that will change our national agendas. Only then will we see a proper balance of justice in our society.”
– Chief Justice Richard Barajas (ret.), Texas Court of Appeals, El Paso in the foreword
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A supplement with Canadian statistics, reports and recommendations is available as Chapter 7: Victimology, Victim Services, and Victim Rights in Canada in www.amazon.ca/Criminology-Canadian-Perspective-Rick-Linden/dp/0176562060/ref=dp_ob_title_bk
Irvin Waller is an author and emeritus professor who is a prize-winning champion of victim’s rights and violence prevention. Governments, Non-governmental organizations and intergovernmental agencies across the world - in the USA, UK, Canada, Latin America and elsewhere - seek him as a speaker and adviser.