📘 Victimology and Criminal Justice System | 1st Edition (2021)
✒️ Authored by: Dr. B. Vijaya Lakshmi | Language: English | Publisher: Asia Law House

This pioneering work provides a comprehensive study of Victimology—the science of understanding victims of crime—within the framework of the Indian Criminal Justice System. It addresses the rights, needs, and protection of victims while examining the evolving balance between the accused, the State, and the victim.

🔍 Key Features:

• 📜 Foundations of Victimology – origin, development, and significance of victim-oriented jurisprudence.

• ⚖️ Victim Rights in India – analysis of statutory provisions, constitutional guarantees, and victim compensation schemes.

• 🛠️ Judicial Pronouncements – examination of landmark Supreme Court and High Court rulings on victim participation, restitution, and protection.

• 👥 Victim–Offender Relationship – insights into restorative justice, mediation, and reconciliation practices.

• 📝 Role of Institutions – police, prosecution, judiciary, legal aid, and NGOs in ensuring victim support.

• 🌐 Comparative Perspective – international conventions, UN guidelines, and comparative models of victim protection.

• 📚 Contemporary Issues – women and child victims, victims of trafficking, terrorism, custodial crimes, and sexual offences.

• 🆕 Updated (2021 Edition) – reflects recent legal reforms, victim compensation schemes, and judicial trends.

🎯 Recommended For:

• Criminal law practitioners & public prosecutors

• Judges, police officers & administrators in criminal justice

• Academicians, researchers & law students specializing in criminology and victimology

• NGOs, activists & social workers engaged in victim support and rights protection

This first edition stands as a scholarly and practice-oriented reference, blending legal analysis, criminological insight, and victim-centered approaches, making it an indispensable resource on Victimology and Criminal Justice in India.