Discuss how the importance of victims and their role in the criminal justice system has changed over time

What will be an ideal response?


In early societies, harm was redressed through direct payment schemes. During the Industrial Revolution, the sense of community changed and with that victims lost control over how the harm they experienced would be resolved. The punishment of offenders became the obligation of the local government through judicial proceedings. Instead of restoring the victim through redressing the harm, the crime was now a crime against the state. Recovery of damages was not as important as the symbolic gesture of establishing social order through punishment of the offender. Obligations of the victim have dwindled down to filing a complaint to initiate the investigation and being a witness in the state's case.

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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a. Secondary data analysis b. Archival data analysis c. Content analysis d. Journalistic analysis

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In which of the following cases did the Supreme Court hold that stats can prohibit intentionally hateful communication?

a. Stanley v. Georgia (1969) b. Wisconsin v. Mitchell (1993) c. Chaplinksy v. New Hampshire (1942) d. R.A.V. v. St. Paul (1992)

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a. Auxiliary gang b. Drug gang c. Recycled gang d. Hybrid gang

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