In the Kriminologie designates the term victim the damaged person of a crime. The term forms thereby the contrast to author.

Victim is regularly that, which is hurt by an author in its rights. The injury of the right knows both physically (murder, bodily injury), more idealistically (offense, copyright infringement) and more materially (theft, damage) nature to be. With the victim customer the Viktimologie is concerned.

Victims know natural persons, legal entities as well as every other definable group (e.g. Groups of peoples, religious communities) its.

The transmission of the term on the law of criminal procedure (a victim witness) is afflicted with the problem that the accused one of applies up to the valid conclusion of the procedure after the innocence assumption as innocent. From its victim to to speak, the act and the damage however already subordinates. The author "“formed designation presumed from the view of the lawyer correctly accordingly too "„"„presumed victim "“however generally as Entsoldidarisierung of the law with the damage one feels. One differentiates between indirect and direct victims.

Follow a criminal offence for victims

Victims of criminal offences are frequently traumatisiert or to suffer otherwise strong psychological damage, therefore above all the victim protection gains ever more significance. (Details to follow and over preventing measures stand there)

See also

Victim protection | Viktimologie

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