Views and Suggestion Related to the Legal Status and Compensation of Victims of Crime

• NCJ Number: 156018
• Journal: Belugyi Szemle Volume: 33 Issue: 2 Dated: (June 1995) Pages: 29-43
• Author(s): J Vigh; L Lang; M E Lanyi; I Orlai; Z Varga
• Date Published: 1995
• Length: 15 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Legislation/Policy Analysis
• Language: English
• Country: Hungary

Annotation

This discussion of the legal status of crime victims in Hungary focuses on possible ways for modifying the current legal system with respect to victims.

Abstract

The article also describes the principles involved in better representing victims' interests. The authors include a university professor who is also the honorary president of a victim support organization, the head of the department at the Attorney General's Office, a Supreme Court judge, an official of the National Police, and the Assistant Attorney General of Budapest. (Publisher abstract modified)