ENHANCING LEGAL STATUS OF THE INJURED PERSONS BY MEANS OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
ENHANCING LEGAL STATUS OF THE INJURED PERSONS BY MEANS OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Summary/Abstract: Preventing criminal phenomena is viewed at the moment by the judicial authorities as one of the most important challenges in the field of assuring a fair society. Equally, the activity of combating serious crimes is also of high interest for the judicial authorities in criminal cases they are invested with. The main interest is, thus, focused on respecting the injured personsʼ rights during the criminal proceedings, especially in those criminal cases in which they are victims of serious crimes. In this matter, the legislative tools are adopted in purpose to maintain an equilibrium between the issue of punishing perpetrators, as part of the criminal justiceʼs goal of finding truth, and enhancing the victimsʼ legal status during the criminal proceedings, as part of avoiding revictimization. The current paper aims at providing useful mechanism of improving the injured personsʼ legal status during the judicial activities in criminal cases in such a manner to outline a legal framework to support victims during the criminal proceedings. In the matter of practice, it has been observed that improving legal status of the crime victims is an activity of high importance due to the fact that, during a long and unspecific criminal procedure, the risk of revictimization is, in several cases, unavoidable. In this regard, any activity of the judiciary, carried out in this context, means a useful instrument the crime victims really need. The results of the current study have emphasized that the judicial activities in criminal matters could create a new context of supporting victims in those criminal cases in which the judicial authorities agree to use their duties in order to achieve best results in the field of preventing and combating crimes, on the one hand, and reducing degree of revictimization, on the other hand.

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