Abstract
It is time to face the fact that the law now acknowledges the importance of victim participation in the criminal process. Thirty-one states have chiseled victims' rights into their respective constitutions. The federal government and the rest of the states have enacted numerous statutory rights for victims? An amendment to the United States Constitution providing civil rights for crime victims has been proposed& and is the topic of authors in this symposium. There are those who resist acknowledging the existence, genuine nature, and significance of victim participation laws. The state of denial that accompanies such resistance has stood in the way of the future for too long. This is a future in which there is a state of understanding regarding victim participation laws. At the turn of the millennium, continued resistance to such an understanding is analogous to looking at the night sky with blinders on. Now, to navigate the criminal process, one must cast aside the blinders and look at the rest of the sky.
Recommended Citation
Beloof, Douglas Evan
(1999)
"The Third Model of Criminal Process: The Victim Participation Model,"
Utah Law Review: Vol. 1999:
No.
2, Article 2.
Available at:
https://dc.law.utah.edu/ulr/vol1999/iss2/2