Being (almost) invisible: Victims of crime in the Italian juvenile criminal justice system
From 2008 to 2013 the author has been a Special Judge in the Juvenile Criminal Court of the Emilia Romagna Region. From that privileged perspective, it was possible to observe the dynamics of how victims of underage offenders were considered before the law, no differences if they are adu...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Victimology Society of Serbia and University of Belgrade, Faculty of Special Education and Rehabilitation
2014-01-01
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| Series: | Temida |
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| Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/1450-6637/2014/1450-66371404087V.pdf |
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| Summary: | From 2008 to 2013 the author has been a Special Judge in the Juvenile
Criminal Court of the Emilia Romagna Region. From that privileged
perspective, it was possible to observe the dynamics of how victims of
underage offenders were considered before the law, no differences if they are
adults or minors, too. The reflections presented will first consider EU and
UN provision on victims of crime; then, the normative framework supporting
the Italian criminal juvenile justice system will be considered by an
examining of the difficulties victims meet in that peculiar context. The
implementation of juvenile criminal law shows the paradox victims of crime
have to cope with. The Juvenile Criminal Court in Bologna recently started to
promote a wide use of restorative justice measures as an attempt to correct
the unfair consequences in the application of law, with judicial discretion
interpreted as an instrument to favour victims’ harm recognition and to
protect their dignity as persons. |
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| ISSN: | 1450-6637 |