CRIM 131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Security Company, Exclusionary Rule, Crime Prevention

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 131
• Professor: Aynsley Pescitelli

Document Summary

Victims conviction, abroad crimes: heterogeneous, needs are diverse, criteria for who is a victim (does there need to be a, common complaints, complexity of cjs, lack of support. Services and programs: physical needs, emotional needs, financial needs, victim impact statements (vis)- document that asks. Greater involvement (victims are encouraged) victims to detail the effects of the crime, or secondary effects (family effects) in their own words. Can be presented in a court case or can be presented by someone (lawyer) on their behalf. Can be presented in parole hearings: victim attendance at parole hearings (controversy) Attention goes more towards victim rather than offender and pressure to follow what the victim wants. Cuts to funding: services are not possible. Usually paid by private insurance companies rather than the offender: rarely will the property be actually recovered. Criminal injury compensation: financial settlement paid out by provincial government. Expenses or damages related directly to the crime (doctor appointments, lost wages at work)