Louise Casey - Putting the victim at the heart of the criminal justice system

Putting the victim at the heart of the criminal justice system: practical goal or benign deception?

Known for her outspoken comments on social policy, Louise Casey looks at the extent to which previous pledges to put victims 'at the heart of the of the criminal justice system' are a reality both for those who experience crime and for the public services which dispense criminal justice today.

You can a transcript at http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/2010/putting-the-victim-at...

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News & Politics

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• criminal justice system
• Education
• louise casey
• rsa
• social policy
• royal society of arts

[felpaluche]

This must be the case. The victim should be taken into consideration throughout the search for justice.

[vicachcoup]

Why do they call it 'Criminal Justice'

Should it not be 'Victim Justice'

Lawyers/the law or criminals - which are worse lol

[dgjbear]

She wasn't very good as Homelessness Tsar...she's not very good at this. I'm afraid she neither has the intellect or imagination to fulfill this role. But she must be great at job interviews...

[anthonyww713]

The problem is the system. You are less likely to be a victim if you have the ability to take action. The police are no ones friend they are paid to build a case against you and help put you in jail. The police only respond to crime. They cant prevent crime. Carring a gun or having a meaning of difference and the abitity to take action against crime is more effictive than any police system. There is no justice in the system both sides become a victim

[jh72de]

40 minutes of idle talk. She just doesn't get what "criminal justice" is for (if it is for anything at all). And she does very bad to true victims. (Like all lawyers do who take victims trough the joint plaintiff mess.)

[StrangeWorld18]

@Dark127385 you need to buy a premium membership. 

[garland0130]

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[Dark127385]

I love these videos, but HOW CAN A 40 MINUTE VIDEO GET ON YOUTUBE?

[adamcrookedsmile]

The "Eye for an Eye" justice wasn't meant for the victim to seek revenge, it was a way to say that unless the perpertrator compensated the victim until the victim was satisfied. If the victim wasn't happy with the compsensation, revenge could be had.

It was just another way of saying that the victim and not some arbitrary judge decided the amount of the damages.

William Ian Miller explains about "lex talionis" at length in his book "Eye for an Eye".

[r3bol]

She reminds me of a female version of the guy from The Office.