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INFORMATION AND VICTIMS OF CRIME

INFORMATION AND VICTIMS OF CRIME INFORMATION AND V I C T I M S OF C R I M E Marion Brienen a n d Ernestine Hoegen* * P h . D . students o f the Schoordijk Institute o f Tilburg University, the Ne- therlands. The authors are writing a combined thesis on the implementation in Western Europe o f Recommendation (85) 11 o f the Council o f Europe on the position o f the victim in the framework o f criminal law and procedure. Oh answer me! Let me not burst in ignorance (Hamlet I iv 45-46) INTRODUCTION I n f o r m a t i o n is the life-blood of the criminal justice process. One of the most important sources of this information is the victim of crime. His input may be called for at various stages in the proceedings, for instance when reporting a crime to the police, offering subsequent statements or testifying in court. Besides being a source of information, the victim of crime is also in want o f information. This want of information is a very basic need common to most victims.' The trauma of being victimized, combined with the fact that the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Tilburg Law Review Brill

INFORMATION AND VICTIMS OF CRIME

Hoegen, Ernestine; Brienen, Marion
Tilburg Law Review , Volume 6 (1): 113 – Jan 1, 1997
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© 1997 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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2211-0046
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10.1163/221125997X00156
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INFORMATION AND V I C T I M S OF C R I M E Marion Brienen a n d Ernestine Hoegen* * P h . D . students o f the Schoordijk Institute o f Tilburg University, the Ne- therlands. The authors are writing a combined thesis on the implementation in Western Europe o f Recommendation (85) 11 o f the Council o f Europe on the position o f the victim in the framework o f criminal law and procedure. Oh answer me! Let me not burst in ignorance (Hamlet I iv 45-46) INTRODUCTION I n f o r m a t i o n is the life-blood of the criminal justice process. One of the most important sources of this information is the victim of crime. His input may be called for at various stages in the proceedings, for instance when reporting a crime to the police, offering subsequent statements or testifying in court. Besides being a source of information, the victim of crime is also in want o f information. This want of information is a very basic need common to most victims.' The trauma of being victimized, combined with the fact that the

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