Assisting Victims of Terrorism - Towards a European Standard of Justice (Hardcover, 2010 ed.)

The fight against terrorism is receiving increased awareness due to recent wor- wide large-scale terrorist acts, and only since then has some attention been directed specifically to victims of terrorism. Existing legal instruments of international b- ies like the European Union, the Council of Europe and the United Nations c- cerning victims of terrorism are relatively abstract or include victims of terrorism under the broader heading of victims of crime in general. In addition, policies and legislation relating to victims of crime or victims of terrorism vary widely on the domestic level. Against this background, the European Union commissioned a project that should aim to develop more extensive standards for the aid and ass- tance of victims of terrorism at the European level. This study provides the basis from which more extensive standards could be derived. The study focuses parti- larly on developing standards in the field of continuing assistance, access to justice, administration of justice and compensation to victims of terrorism. A novel feature of the approach is that also the possible utility of restorative justice approaches is examined. An important question to address was whether there is a real need to adopt s- cific standards for victims of terrorism, thereby implying that their needs might differ from victims of ordinary crime.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Release date:	December 2009
First published:	2010
Editors:	Rianne Letschert • Ines Staiger • Antony Pemberton
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	348
Edition:	2010 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-90-481-3024-5
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > General Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Criminal or forensic psychology Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Criminal law Books > Law > International law > Public international law > General
LSN:	90-481-3024-7
Barcode:	9789048130245

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