Victims as Agents of State Accountability
A Comparative and Normative Analysis
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2026
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-888531-3 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
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With comparative insights from England, Wales, and the U.S., this book reframes victims in common law systems as agents of state accountability, arguing their role in prosecutorial decisions enhances transparency, legitimacy, and equality.
While prevailing accounts of victim participation often frame victims as holders of primarily private interests, victims in common law jurisdictions have increasingly emerged as active public participants in criminal justice systems.
With a comparative focus on England and Wales and the United States, Victims as Agents of State Accountability recharacterizes victims as agents of accountability in state decision-making. Through historical, empirical, and case-based analysis, this book advances a normative framework that positions the victim's role as a civic duty, enhancing transparency, legitimacy, and substantive equality in prosecutorial decisions. Accordingly, mechanisms of state accountability are examined, such as private prosecutions, judicial review, and internal review schemes, illustrating how their potential for accountability differs depending on whether victims are recognised as advancing primarily public or private interests. Case studies demonstrate the limits of conceiving victim interests as private and the possibilities of substantive assessments of prosecutorial decisions when interests are understood as public.
Ultimately, the book contributes to debates in criminal law and justice by proposing an accountability role that is reflexive and equality-driven. Its comparative and normative insights provide guidance for common law jurisdictions and beyond, highlighting the importance of recognising victims as legitimate participants in shaping the public interest and holding the state accountable within criminal justice.
While prevailing accounts of victim participation often frame victims as holders of primarily private interests, victims in common law jurisdictions have increasingly emerged as active public participants in criminal justice systems.
With a comparative focus on England and Wales and the United States, Victims as Agents of State Accountability recharacterizes victims as agents of accountability in state decision-making. Through historical, empirical, and case-based analysis, this book advances a normative framework that positions the victim's role as a civic duty, enhancing transparency, legitimacy, and substantive equality in prosecutorial decisions. Accordingly, mechanisms of state accountability are examined, such as private prosecutions, judicial review, and internal review schemes, illustrating how their potential for accountability differs depending on whether victims are recognised as advancing primarily public or private interests. Case studies demonstrate the limits of conceiving victim interests as private and the possibilities of substantive assessments of prosecutorial decisions when interests are understood as public.
Ultimately, the book contributes to debates in criminal law and justice by proposing an accountability role that is reflexive and equality-driven. Its comparative and normative insights provide guidance for common law jurisdictions and beyond, highlighting the importance of recognising victims as legitimate participants in shaping the public interest and holding the state accountable within criminal justice.
Marie Manikis is an Associate Professor and William Dawson Scholar at the Faculty of Law, McGill and a Research Associate at the Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford and at the International Centre for Comparative Criminology. She is also an advisor to the Sentencing Academy. She has published her research in leading peer-reviewed journals and has won several awards for her scholarship, which is cited by various courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada and the Court of Appeal of England and Wales. She is the co-editor of Sentencing, Public Opinion, and Criminal Justice (OUP 2025).
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 3.3.2026 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Oxford Monographs on Criminal Law and Justice |
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
| Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Strafverfahrensrecht | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-888531-8 / 0198885318 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-888531-3 / 9780198885313 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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