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Author Roach, Kent, author.

Title Due process and victims' rights : the new law and politics of criminal justice / Kent Roach
Published Toronto, Ont. ; Buffalo, N.Y. : University of Toronto Press, ©1999

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Description 1 online resource (x, 391 pages)
Series Book collections on Project MUSE
Contents Models of the criminal process -- The police -- The criminal trial -- Victimless crimes? -- Women -- Young people -- Minorities -- Aboriginal people -- Crime victims -- Conclusions
Summary "In the last two decades courts have been increasingly concerned about the rights of those accused of crime, while legislatures have been devoting more attention to the rights of crime victims and groups, such as women and children, who are disproportionately subject to some crimes. In Due Process and Victims' Rights Kent Roach argues that these concerns have transformed debates about criminal justice. He examines recent cases in which due process and victims' rights have clashed and concludes that, in most instances, victims' rights claims have ultimately prevailed. He concludes that the future of criminal justice will depend on whether victims' rights continue to develop in a punitive fashion or whether they inspire increased emphasis on crime prevention and restorative justice."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-382) and index
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Subject Victims of crimes -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Canada
Due process of law -- Canada
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Canada.
LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
LAW -- Criminal Law -- General.
Criminal justice, Administration of
Due process of law
Victims of crimes -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Canada
Genre/Form e-books.
Livres numériques.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781442674127
1442674121