VICTIM EMANCIPATION THROUGH COMPENSATION: A STUDY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO SECTION 357 OF CRPC
One area which is totally overlooked is the plight of the victims. It is a recent trend in the sentencing policy to listen to the wailings of the victims. Rehabilitation of the prisoner need not be by closing the eyes towards the suffering victims of the offence. A glimpse at the field of victimology reveals two types of victims. The first type consists of direct victims, i.e. those who are alive and suffering on account of harm inflicted by the prisoner while committing the crime. The second type comprises of indirect victims who are dependant of the direct victims of crime who undergo suffering due to deprivation of their bread winner.
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2002 ◽
Vol 88
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pp. S139-S143
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2001 ◽
Vol 18
(Suppl. 23)
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pp. 53-59
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