This course tracks the victim's role through all stages of criminal procedure, from
investigation through sentence and post-sentence matters. It examines state constitutions and federal statutory victims' rights. The course analyzes definitions of "victim" to see who is included and excluded; examines gender and racial bias in criminal justice and how these impact response to crime; and engages with underlying cultural dynamics and their relationship with the legal system to assess how law serves as a force that preserves or destroys relationships of power.
This course offers the opportunity to understand both the practice and the theory of law emerging in this area.
investigation through sentence and post-sentence matters. It examines state constitutions and federal statutory victims' rights. The course analyzes definitions of "victim" to see who is included and excluded; examines gender and racial bias in criminal justice and how these impact response to crime; and engages with underlying cultural dynamics and their relationship with the legal system to assess how law serves as a force that preserves or destroys relationships of power.
This course offers the opportunity to understand both the practice and the theory of law emerging in this area.
- Teacher: Meg Garvin