Publication at Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Faculty of Law |
2012
Abstract
Victims, their procedural rights and compensation have been in the centre of political and academic interest since 20. Century.
Surprisingly, until nowadays there is no generally accepted definition of who the victim of crime actually is. In its first part, the article deals with the concept of victim of crime itself, as defined on the level of national European jurisdictions, as well as on the international level.
With accordance to discussions on the appropriate definitions of procedural roles of victims in criminal proceedings, the article aims to introduce different models of victim participation in criminal proceedings and demonstrate their differences in both, common law and civil law countries.