The Criminal Victims Litigation Protection

Only with the possession of a comprehensive victim’s protection system, can any modern country justify the claim to fully respect human rights and human dignity. The victim’s protection system can be specifically built on the twin foundations of the litigation procedures and social structures-the former provides for the protection of the victim on basis of his redefined role in juridical procedures and the resulting realignment in power relationships; the latter is represented by the financial compensation system for victims.This thesis will draw upon research from constitution law, criminal law, criminal litigation studies, sociology, criminology, victim studies and psychology to attempt to construct a comprehensive victims, protection system that takes into account the victim’s rights and needs. Chapter1will introduce the research motives, objectives, method and parameter of this thesis. Chapter2explores the theoretical foundation for the victim’s protection, which is based on his human and constitutional rights. Inadequacies in current criminal procedures and provisions for the protection of victims are addressed and analyzed. Furthermore, Chapter2will discuss the theoretical underpinning for the system, with additional inputs from the fields of social, criminal strategy and crime prevention policies. The victims of crime should be compensated in measures commiserate with the enormity of the crime suffered, in order to mitigate and to mollify the suffering of victim financially, physically and psychologically. Chapter3seeks to further explore and understand the basis for the victim’s protection in the contextThis thesis anticipates the government’s establishment of a victim’s compensation system and its renewed emphasis of the victim’s interest during criminal proceedings. Hopefully this two measures will act in tandem as the precursors leading to the eventual development of a comprehensive victim’s protection system that can be further supplemented by civil bodies and welfare organizations so that future victims of crime can receive the necessary care, assistance and support that is in accordance with their rights as human beings and in doing so, ensure that social justice prevails.