
Criminal Injuries Compensation
State and Offender Compensation for Violent Crime
David Miers(Author)
Oxford University Press
Published on 24. October 2018
Book
Hardback
380 pages
978-0-19-880662-2 (ISBN)
Description
The 2012 Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme (CICS) deals with some 33,000 applications for compensation each year. It has, since 1964, been one of the principal means by which the state aims to meet victims' expectations following an offence of violence, but it also displays a clear doctrinal effort to differentiate 'deserving' from 'undeserving' victims. Over much of the same period criminal courts and agencies have enjoyed powers to order offenders to pay compensation to their victims, most recently as an element of restorative justice.
Split into two parts, Criminal Injuries Compensation is an authoritative analysis of the statutory provisions governing these various remedies. Part One, State Compensation, analyses the Scheme's defining provisions: what constitutes 'a criminal injury', what persons and injuries may be compensated, the rules governing the victim's own conduct and character, the assessment of the award, and the procedures governing applications, appeals and judicial review. Part Two, Offender Compensation, analyses the conditions under which a criminal court may make a compensation order as an element of its sentencing decision, concluding with the potential of restorative justice to deliver offender compensation to victims. The book also touches on the wider political and criminal justice context of compensation.
Written and edited by an expert academic and practitioner team, Criminal Injuries Compensation is an essential text for all those with an interest in understanding the statutory, judicial and administrative rules that govern state and offender payment of compensation to victims of violent crime.
Split into two parts, Criminal Injuries Compensation is an authoritative analysis of the statutory provisions governing these various remedies. Part One, State Compensation, analyses the Scheme's defining provisions: what constitutes 'a criminal injury', what persons and injuries may be compensated, the rules governing the victim's own conduct and character, the assessment of the award, and the procedures governing applications, appeals and judicial review. Part Two, Offender Compensation, analyses the conditions under which a criminal court may make a compensation order as an element of its sentencing decision, concluding with the potential of restorative justice to deliver offender compensation to victims. The book also touches on the wider political and criminal justice context of compensation.
Written and edited by an expert academic and practitioner team, Criminal Injuries Compensation is an essential text for all those with an interest in understanding the statutory, judicial and administrative rules that govern state and offender payment of compensation to victims of violent crime.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 175 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
834 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-880662-2 (9780198806622)
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David Miers | Nicholas Wikeley | Ben Collins Qc
Criminal Injuries Compensation
State and Offender Compensation for Violent Crime
E-Book
10/2018
1st Edition
OUP eBook
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David Miers | Nicholas Wikeley | Ben Collins Qc
Criminal Injuries Compensation
State and Offender Compensation for Violent Crime
E-Book
10/2018
1st Edition
OUP eBook
€73.99
Available for download
Persons
Dr David Miers LLB, LLM, D.Jur, LLD is Professor Emeritus of Law at Cardiff University. He is regarded as one of the foremost academics with a research interest in arrangements for the compensation by the state of victims of crime, and in restorative justice, having extensive experience in conducting research into and consulting on these matters.
Ben Collins QC is a barrister at Old Square Chambers and serves as a Recorder in crime in the South East. He is a leading expert on the law of criminal injuries compensation, having appeared in many of the leading cases on successive Criminal Injuries Compensation Schemes, from the First-tier Tribunal to the Supreme Court. Ben has been recognised by legal directories as a leading silk in personal injury, clinical negligence, professional discipline and employment law.
Judge Nicholas Wikeley is a judge of the Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber) with extensive experience of cases on the interpretation of the 2012 Scheme. He is also Professor Emeritus within the School of Law at the University of Southampton.
Ben Collins QC is a barrister at Old Square Chambers and serves as a Recorder in crime in the South East. He is a leading expert on the law of criminal injuries compensation, having appeared in many of the leading cases on successive Criminal Injuries Compensation Schemes, from the First-tier Tribunal to the Supreme Court. Ben has been recognised by legal directories as a leading silk in personal injury, clinical negligence, professional discipline and employment law.
Judge Nicholas Wikeley is a judge of the Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber) with extensive experience of cases on the interpretation of the 2012 Scheme. He is also Professor Emeritus within the School of Law at the University of Southampton.
Author
Emeritus Professor of LawEmeritus Professor of Law, Cardiff University
Editor
JudgeJudge, Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
BarristerBarrister, Old Square Chambers
Content
1: Introduction: Compensating Victims of Violent Crime: Purpose and context Part 1: State Compensation 2: Criminal Injuries: Victimising Events 3: Defining and Proving a Personal Injury 4: Eligible Persons 5: Refusal and Reduction of an Award 6: Personal Injury, Fatal Injury, Deductions 7: Applications, Awards, Appeals and Judicial Reviews Part 2: Offender Compensation 8: Eligibility: Compensable Persons and Injuries 9: Assessment of Compensation 10: Procedure: Applications, Awards, and Appeals 11: Scope, Eligibility, and Procedures Conclusion 12: State and Offender Compensation for Criminal Injuries: Themes and Challenges