The overlooked victim right: according victim-survivors a right of access to restorative justice

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dc.contributor.authorBranham, Lynn S.
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-28T13:08:40Z
dc.date.available2025-05-28T13:08:40Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractIn recent years, states have accorded victim-survivors more expansive legal rights and made it easier for them to invoke those rights. Conspicuously absent from the litany of victims’ rights enumerated in the law is the right to be afforded access to restorative justice processes. This Article challenges this systemic failure to understand and respond to the full spectrum of victim-survivors’ needs. First, the Article provides three examples of core needs of victim-survivors that are largely disregarded by criminal justice systems and profiles how restorative justice equips criminal justice systems to better meet those needs. The Article then spotlights pertinent research confirming the benefits that redound to victim-survivors who participate in restorative processes. The Article concludes with a call for the law to accord victim-survivors a new right—a right of access to restorative justice processes—the need for which criminal justice systems have overlooked for far too long.
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dc.identifier.citationBranham, L. S. (2021). The Overlooked Victim Right: According Victim-Survivors a Right of Access to Restorative Justice. Legal Studies Research Paper, (2021-25).
dc.identifier.urihttps://ssrn.com/abstract=3910753
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11660/13067
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherDenver Law Review Forum
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dc.subjectCriminal justice
dc.subjectRestorative justice
dc.subjectVictims
dc.subjectVictim-survivors
dc.subjectVictim needs
dc.subjectVictim rights
dc.titleThe overlooked victim right: according victim-survivors a right of access to restorative justice
dc.typeArticle
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