Improving Access to Justice: Procedural Justice Through Legal Counsel for Victims of Crime

2020 ◽  
pp. 207-223
Author(s):  
Michael O’Connell
Keyword(s):  
Procedural Justice ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
Legal Counsel ◽  
Victims Of Crime

scholarly journals Older victims of crime: Vulnerability, resilience and access to procedural justice

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin J Brown ◽  
Faith Gordon
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Procedural Justice ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Comprehensive Examination ◽  
Justice Process ◽  
Victims Of Crime ◽  
Unequal Access

This article provides the first comprehensive examination of the phenomenon of unequal access to procedural justice for older victims of crime. It analyses quantitative and qualitative data exploring the interactions of older people with the criminal justice system of Northern Ireland. It identifies that older victims of crime are less likely to have a successful crime outcome (known as ‘detection’ or ‘clear-up’ in other jurisdictions) to their case when compared to other adults. The results provide evidence of a system failing to adequately take into account additional vulnerabilities that disproportionately impact on older victims’ ability to engage with the justice process. There is an analysis of the relationships between vulnerability, resilience and access to justice. The current conceptual understanding of vulnerability as applied to older people within the justice system is challenged. The findings are relevant for researchers and policy-makers in the United Kingdom, Ireland and further afield concerned with the treatment of older and vulnerable victims by the justice system.

scholarly journals Regional Legal Assistance

Rechtsidee ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Abdul Fatah
Keyword(s):  
Public Awareness ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
Legal Assistance ◽  
Legal Counsel ◽  
Legal Aid ◽  
Equitable Distribution ◽  
Legal Implications ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Right ◽  
Aid Policy

Legal aid policy in the area carried out on several considerations including: Implementation of the authority given to the legal aid act, granting the guarantee and protection of access to justice and equality before the law in the area, equitable distribution of justice and increase public awareness and understanding of the law, and legal implications that accompanied the emergence of the right to legal counsel without pay and the right to choose the legal settlement. How To Cite Fatah, A. (2015). Regional Legal Assistance. Rechtsidee, 2(1), 1-10. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.21070/jihr.v2i1.7

scholarly journals Editors’ Introduction: ‘Access to Justice: Historical Approaches to Victims of Crime’

Societies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 73
Author(s):  
Pamela Cox ◽  
Barry Godfrey
Keyword(s):  
Access To Justice ◽  
Victims Of Crime ◽  
Eighteenth And Nineteenth Centuries

Victims were central to the detection and prosecution of crime for most of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries [...]

scholarly journals Victims of crime

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Khắc Hải Nguyễn
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Routine Activity ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
Fair Treatment ◽  
Victims Of Crime ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Core Issues

Research clarifies basic issues related to victims of crime as a social and legal phenomenon. Study gives definition of victims of crime, analyses victimization and its causes developed rely on theories as lifestyle model, routine activity approach and opportunity. Besides, the article studies international standard and the rights of victims like access to justice and fair treatment, restitution, compensation, and assistance. The role of victims of crime in criminal justice system and government’s responsibility are also core issues mentioned in the research. 

Predictors of satisfaction with Kenya’s police and Kenya’s criminal justice system: Results from a sample of Kenyan college students

2018 ◽  
Vol 92 (4) ◽  
pp. 296-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel K Pryce ◽  
George Wilson ◽  
Kenethia Fuller
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Procedural Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Comparative Assessment ◽  
College Campus ◽  
Highly Educated ◽  
Victims Of Crime ◽  
The Relationship

Although the influence of procedural justice on citizens’ satisfaction and cooperation with police has been tested in several geopolitical contexts, this is the first study to examine the relationship between procedural justice and satisfaction with Kenya’s police and Kenya’s criminal justice system on a Kenyan college campus. Using a sample of 523 students from a prominent Kenyan university, we found that procedural justice and officer integrity predicted satisfaction with both Kenya’s police and criminal justice system. Also, more highly educated students (sophomores, juniors, and seniors, compared to freshmen) were more satisfied with both the Kenyan police and criminal justice system. Conversely, victims of crime in the community were less satisfied with Kenyan police, and students who had a negative personal experience with police were less satisfied with the country’s criminal justice system. Although instrumental factors of policing (e.g., police effectiveness) were not tested in this study, thus precluding a comparative assessment of normative and instrumental models of policing, this study contributes to the extant literature by pointing out the salience of procedural justice and officer integrity for improving the relationship between the police and the communities they are sworn to serve. The study’s implications for policy are discussed.

scholarly journals “You have to teach the judge what to do”: Semiotic gaps between unrepresented litigants and the common law

Semiotica ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 (216) ◽  
pp. 363-381
Author(s):  
Matthew W. L Yeung ◽  
Janny H. C Leung
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Common Law ◽  
Actual Practice ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
Legal Knowledge ◽  
District Courts ◽  
Legal Counsel ◽  
Legal Professionals ◽  
Group Members ◽  
The Common

AbstractThe courtroom can be seen as a semiotic space where the practice of signs is institutionalized. There are specific ways to perform signs in court, be they verbal (e. g., turn-taking) or nonverbal (e. g., attire). Legal signs communicate and signify differently than their non-legal counterparts. Laypeople may not be aware of such differences, and may encounter a gap between their expectation and the actual practice of legal signs. This is precisely the case for unrepresented litigants, laypeople who go to court without legal counsel, whose understanding and practice of signs usually differ from legal ones given their limited exposure to legal knowledge and culture. This paper examines unrepresented litigants’ lay practice of signs in Hong Kong courtrooms, and analyses how it clashes with that used by legal professionals. Our data consist of courtroom observations of 54 Cantonese case managements and 13 Cantonese trials in district courts in Hong Kong, 10 interviews with unrepresented litigants and 6 relevant judgments. The paper shows that the differences in the use of semiotics often place laypeople as out-group members of the law and may limit their access to justice. Our analysis will contribute to an understanding of laypeople’s behavior in the courtroom, which in turn bridges the communication gap between laypeople and legal professionals in common law jurisdictions.

scholarly journals PERSONAL SAFETY. PROTECTION OF THE VICTIMS OF CRIME

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 25-32
Author(s):  
Sorina-Alexandra Covalciuc
Keyword(s):  
Access To Justice ◽  
Personal Safety ◽  
Safety Protection ◽  
Victims Of Crime ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Right Of Access

The impact of the crime phenomenon on the persons affected by it can be a profound one transposed into physical, mental, emotional and financial injuries, of which some victims can never recover. The actions that make up the criminal act can be harmed on the victims, witnesses or their families, and the most serious of the threats are those against the person's life. The paper focuses, first and foremost, on the measures to be taken to protect the victims of crime, as well as on the means of support offered to the victims so that they can enjoy the right of access to justice in order to cover their harm.

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