Looking after the victims: are they still the forgotten people in the criminal justice system?

There has been a long-held view that the criminal justice system has focussed on the need to address offending to an extent that has overlooked the needs and interests of the victim. From the 1970s onwards many countries have developed ways to refocus processes to take account of the crucial role of victims in providing essential evidence in the most daunting of environments. A range of victim services have been developed, some generalist and some specialist focussing on specific types of vic...