JUSTICE TO VICTIMS OF CRIME: AN ANALYSIS OF ROLE OF THE STATE AND COMMUNITY IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

AUTHOR – DR. RAJENDRAKUMAR HITTANAGI, IQAC COORDINATOR AND SR. GR. ASST.PROF. AT KARNATAKA STATE LAW UNIVERSITY, HUBBALLI

BEST CITATION – DR. RAJENDRAKUMAR HITTANAGI, JUSTICE TO VICTIMS OF CRIME: AN ANALYSIS OF ROLE OF THE STATE AND COMMUNITY IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, INDIAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL REVIEW (IJLR), 5 (1) OF 2025, PG. 736-742, APIS – 3920 – 0001 & ISSN – 2583-2344.

ABSTRACT:

The State, community and parties to crime have prominent role to play in the administration of criminal justice system. Hitherto the criminal justice system was more concerned with punishing the offender. Fortunately, the focus is shifting towards meeting the needs of victims of crime also. A state, community and an offender are all having an obligation to fulfill the loss suffered by a victim of crime. Roles of State and community in ensuring justice to victims of crime have to be properly analyzed. Theme of this paper is to explore as to how state and community have to use their potential to ensure justice to victim of crime. Family group conferencing is one method that has been tried in some western countries to realize justice for victim of crime. India has been experimenting with community based dispute settlement mechanism which makes sure that the demands of victim are met and the feeling of victim of being ignored is minimized to certain extent. This paper attempts to critically analyze role the state and community can play in ensuring justice to victims of crime in India.       

Keywords: criminal justice system, victim of crime, State, Community, compensation