National Crime Victim Law Institute

History/Theory of Victims’ Rights

 

Publications: 

• Abatement Ab Initio and a Crime Victim’s Right to Restitution
  
• Advancing Victims’ Rights Through Strategic Litigation: Taking a Page From History 
  
• Anti-Stalking Statutes May Criminalize Implied Threats Without Running Afoul of Free Speech Protections: The National Consensus
• Arguments in Favor of Allowing Prosecutor-Introduced Evidence of Battering and Its Effects 
  
• Call for Judicial Leadership in The Victims’ Rights Movement
• Changing Landscape of Federal Criminal Practice
• Developing Victims’ Rights Law: A Study of Precedent and Dicta
• Effectuating Victims’ Rights Through Courthouse Design: Maricopa County Court Tower
  
• Ensuring Individual Rights Are Not Diminished in the Face of Mass Victimization
• Fifty States and D.C. Survey of Laws That Authorize or Recognize Private Citizen-Initiated Investigation and/or Prosecution of Criminal Offenses
• The Fundamental Nature of Rights: Only the Person to Whom A Right Attaches Can Waive that Right

• Fundamentals of Victims’ Rights: A Brief History of Crime Victims’ Rights in the United States

• Learning Across Movements: The Example of Rape Victim Standing in Rape Shield Procedures
  

• Polyvictims: Victims’ RIghts Enforcement as a Tool to Mitigate “Secondary Victimization” in the Criminal Justice System

• Protecting the Victims of “Victimless” Crimes
• Rape Victims’ Access to Justice: Understanding and Combatting Pervasive Rape Myths
• Review of ABA’s Guidelines for Fair Treatment of Crime Victims and Witnesses
• Use of the Term “Victim” in Criminal Proceedings
  

 

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