RT Article
T1 Providing a Check on Prosecutorial Decision-making: An Analysis of the Victims’ Right to Review Reform
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 58
IS 3
SP 550
OP 568
A1 Iliadis, Mary
A2 Flynn, Asher
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1572262761
AB The Victims’ Right to Review (VRR) enables victims to request a review of a prosecutor’s previously finite decision not to proceed with charges; the outcome of which can include a reversal of that decision. Informed by the voices of those involved in the VRR’s development and operation, and a quantitative dataset unique to our study, this article analyses the VRR process and outcomes two years post its implementation. Ultimately, we argue that despite being a primary aim of the reform, transparency, accessibility and accountability concerns may hinder the VRR’s capacity to address victims’ procedural justice needs (information, voice, control, validation), thereby reducing its effectiveness.
K1 Victims’ Right to Reviev
K1 Prosecutorial discretion
K1 Procedural justice
K1 Victims' rights
K1 Verfahrensgerechtigkeit
K1 Opferrechte
DO doi:10.1093/bjc/azx036