Securing Rights for Victims A Process Evaluation of the National Crime Victim Law Institute's Victims' Rights Clinics

• Main Author: Davis, Robert C. (auth)
• Other Authors: Anderson, James M. (auth), Whitman, Julie (auth), Howley, Susan (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2009
• Subjects: Criminal law & procedure; Jurisprudence & general issues; Crime & criminology; Law; Sociology
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This book discusses how some clinics have won significant gains at the appellate and federal court levels concerning victim standing, the rights to be consulted and heard, and the right to privacy. Some have won significant victories in gaining standing for victims and expanding the definition of pa...