Victims and contemporary tendencies in crime control

Victimological dimension of new criminality forms is a specific challenge for contemporary criminal law systems; new time brings new forms of criminality, new victims, but also new ways and opportunities for more efficient protection of victims. At the same time with review and improvement...

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Main Author: Soković Snežana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Victimology Society of Serbia and University of Belgrade, Faculty of Special Education and Rehabilitation 2014-01-01
Series:Temida
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Online Access:http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/1450-6637/2014/1450-66371401005S.pdf
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description Victimological dimension of new criminality forms is a specific challenge for contemporary criminal law systems; new time brings new forms of criminality, new victims, but also new ways and opportunities for more efficient protection of victims. At the same time with review and improvement of existing standards of victims` protection, contemporary criminality control systems show strong tendency toward compromising the general position of the victim. Victim’s interests are being instrumentalized because of the justification of changes in criminality control in the direction of significant strengthening of criminal law repression. The crime which is emotionalized with the affective media presentation of the victim justifies stricter penal policy and provides the populist support for repressive criminality control strategies and criminal law expansionism. The aim of the paper is the analysis of the mechanisms of victim “use“ in contemporary criminality control and the examination of its consequences, with special review on domestic circumstances through analysis of the Code on special measures for prevention of crimes against sexual freedom towards juveniles (Marija`s Code).
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spelling doaj-art-53ad98508bcd439e82ae298a3b8df7272025-08-20T03:33:17ZengVictimology Society of Serbia and University of Belgrade, Faculty of Special Education and RehabilitationTemida1450-66372014-01-0117152810.2298/TEM1401005S1450-66371401005SVictims and contemporary tendencies in crime controlSoković Snežana0Pravni fakultet, KragujevacVictimological dimension of new criminality forms is a specific challenge for contemporary criminal law systems; new time brings new forms of criminality, new victims, but also new ways and opportunities for more efficient protection of victims. At the same time with review and improvement of existing standards of victims` protection, contemporary criminality control systems show strong tendency toward compromising the general position of the victim. Victim’s interests are being instrumentalized because of the justification of changes in criminality control in the direction of significant strengthening of criminal law repression. The crime which is emotionalized with the affective media presentation of the victim justifies stricter penal policy and provides the populist support for repressive criminality control strategies and criminal law expansionism. The aim of the paper is the analysis of the mechanisms of victim “use“ in contemporary criminality control and the examination of its consequences, with special review on domestic circumstances through analysis of the Code on special measures for prevention of crimes against sexual freedom towards juveniles (Marija`s Code).http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/1450-6637/2014/1450-66371401005S.pdfthe victim of criminal offenceglobalizationpenal populismMarija`s Code
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the victim of criminal offence
globalization
penal populism
Marija`s Code
title Victims and contemporary tendencies in crime control
title_full Victims and contemporary tendencies in crime control
title_fullStr Victims and contemporary tendencies in crime control
title_full_unstemmed Victims and contemporary tendencies in crime control
title_short Victims and contemporary tendencies in crime control
title_sort victims and contemporary tendencies in crime control
topic the victim of criminal offence
globalization
penal populism
Marija`s Code
url http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/1450-6637/2014/1450-66371401005S.pdf
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