Victim & CJS

Question 1

Relationship between offender and state dominated CJS, offenders rights causing the victim to be…

Answer 1

Invisible - e.g. PACE 1984

Question 2

(Influential contextual factors) Roger Graef 1980 documentary of:

Answer 2

Police interrogation of rape victim

Question 3

(Influential contextual factors) 1990s punitive turn and penal populism led to

Answer 3

Moral/public opinion on the ‘side’ of the victim

Question 4

(Influential contextual factors) secondary victimisation as a consequence of:

Answer 4

Adversarial court system

Treatment of victims by CJS (e.g. Police)

Question 5

(Influential contextual factors) culture of:

Answer 5

Disbelief, insensitive, disrespectful, dismissive - not tell victims what is happening with the case, etc.

Question 6

(Influential contextual factors) 2000s - crime rates falling BUT

Answer 6

Public fear of crime remains high

Question 7

(Results?) question raised about…

Answer 7

State obligations towards victims of crime

Question 8

(Results?) political interest in crime victims increased - notion of:

Answer 8

‘Victim centred justice’

Question 9

(Results?) increasing appeals to re-balance CJS to have greater consideration for

Answer 9

Victims ‘rights’