Implementation of Rights for Crime Victims in Theory and Practice - Lessons From India

This book presents theoretical models capturing implementations of victims' rights across jurisdictions. It offers a framework comprising of the essential aspects involved in implementation of rights, tested by a case study in New Delhi showcasing how it can assess the existing implementation of victims' rights and the scope for reform.

List of contents

1. Introduction; Part I: Theoretical Underpinnings on Victims' Rights Purposes and Models; 2. Exploring the Purposes of Victims' Rights; 3. Theoretical Modeling of Victims' Rights and Fulfilment of Purposes; Part II: Building the Framework to assess the implementation of Victims' Rights: In Practice; 4. Factors constituting the implementation of victims' rights; Part III: Applying the Framework to assess implementation: A Sample Case Study; 5. Empirical Analysis based on the Commitment Indicator; 6. Empirical Analysis based on the Actionability Indicator; 7. Empirical Analysis based on the Assessment Indicator; 8. Conclusion

About the author

Anupama Sharma is an Assistant Professor of law at the National Law School of India University, India.

Summary

This book presents theoretical models capturing implementations of victims’ rights across jurisdictions. It offers a framework comprising of the essential aspects involved in implementation of rights, tested by a case study in New Delhi showcasing how it can assess the existing implementation of victims’ rights and the scope for reform.

Product details

• Authors: Anupama Sharma
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.09.2024
• EAN: 9781032666075
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3266607-5
• No. of pages: 214
• Series: Routledge Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice and Procedure
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, LAW / Criminal Law / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, LAW / International, LAW / Public, Crime & criminology, Criminal justice law, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Victimology and victims of crime