Mourners in the Court: Victims in Death Penalty Trials, through the Lens of Performance

Kaufman, Sarah Beth

doi:10.1111/lsi.12246

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“…To illustrate the issue, for the articles in this review, a study of a population of homicide victims in a particular country could be a case (e.g. Kaufman, 2017) and the same could be said of a study of legislation mandating victim participation in parole decisions (e.g. Caplan, 2010) and also a study of victim participation in a particular court (e.g.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For four studies we could find no information from which we could determine what type of outcome researchers hypothesised might come from victim participation (Dichter et al, 2011; Kaufman, 2017; Laugerud, 2020; Miller, 2014).…”

Section: Critical Appraisal Of Conceptual Focusmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Eight studies (14%) drew on offender-related theoretical concerns and the overlap with victim participation: prosecution or parole decision-making, and sentencing. Eight studies (14%) were categorised as ‘other’ and drew variously on emotion theory (Kaufman, 2017; Lens et al, 2013; Schuster and Propen, 2010), communication theory (Szmania and Gracyalny, 2006), work cultures (Dichter et al, 2011; Englebrecht and Chavez, 2014; Stickels and Mobley, 2008), and violence prevention (Cerulli et al, 2014). Appendix 1 provides the full list of articles and the identified theoretical frame.…”

Section: Critical Appraisal Of Conceptual Focusmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Victim participation in criminal justice: A quantitative systematic and critical literature review

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Englezos

2023

International Review of Victimology

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Meaningful participation in criminal justice by victims of violence is an aspiration of advocates working across domestic and international jurisdictions. Researchers have examined a range of participatory activities undertaken by violence victims. However, there has been no review of research that could build shared understanding of the content and contours of ‘participation’, its benefits and disbenefits to victims, nor assess the quality of justice it delivers. This article presents the first systematic quantitative and critical review of the topic. Electronic literature databases were searched to identify empirical research of victim participation whether in domestic or international criminal justice. Searches for peer-reviewed academic English-language journal articles found 58 studies matching the selection criteria and published between 2002 and 2021. Just over half were common law-based studies that were themselves mostly conducted in the United States. Definitions of victim participation were oblique but three-quarters of the studies demonstrated victim participation in some way, mostly participation at trial. The most common form of participatory activity studied was the provision of victims’ views and concerns followed by victim impact statements. The conceptual focus of studies was largely rights-focused while a substantial number assessed offender-related outcomes. We argue for greater specificity of participatory mechanisms and outcome measures in research. Given the multiplicity of situations and procedures ascribed as victim participation, we provide a schematic to assist researchers in organising evidence for future theoretical scrutiny.

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confidence: 99%