A. Thiruthi, B.A LLB (Hons.) Criminal Law, School of Law, University of Petroleum & Energy Studies
ABSTRACT
The implementation of criminal justice is fundamentally dependent on the rights of the victims. In everyday speech, the term “victim” refers to anyone who suffers harm, loss, or hardship as a result of any circumstance, including criminal activity. Victimology is, therefore, the analysis of those who experience injury or difficulties for any reason. Victimology recognizes two kinds of victims: direct victims, or people who are alive and suffering as a consequence of the injuries caused by the accused while committing the crime, and indirect victims, or the dependents of direct victims who endure as a consequence of the injury of their primary source of income. It entails the examination of victim attributes and may be referred to as “victim profiling”. In a criminal justice system, a victim of wrongdoing cannot be forgotten. He is the one who has struggled the most. The study of victimization, the relation between the victim and the offender, and the communication between both the victim and the system of criminal justice is known as victimology. In this research paper, the role of the victim in criminal proceedings would be examined. The relationship between victims and the elements of the justice system will be examined in this research paper, in addition to the victim's function throughout the entire criminal procedure. The author will address the Victim's Rights and their duties under different legislation, as well as the concept and development of victimology and criminology, in addition to examining these topics. In order to improve the status of victims in the criminal justice system, this paper will provide corrective measures. In this paper, the status of the victim in criminal legal proceedings will be examined, with an emphasis on the rights of sexual assault victims. The laws enacted to defend victims' rights will be examined in this paper, as well as the judiciary's role in doing so.
Keywords: Rights of Victim, Victimology, Criminal Justice, Criminology, Victimization.
