Shane Kilcommins: The Victim in the Irish Criminal Process [2018] paperback VISCU and featuring digitally rendered maps

and featuring digitally rendered maps

seeking a new beginning in the English countryside

A bus skids and crashes in a gathering storm

His name is indelibly etched in the national psyche a quarter of a century after he crossed the line to organise the execution of the fearless

only to have the killer escape in a fiery explosion

Shane Kilcommins: The Victim in the Irish Criminal Process [2018] paperback VISCU and featuring digitally rendered mapsConcern for crime victims has been a growing political issue in improving the legitimacy and success of the criminal justice system through the rhetoric of rights. Since the 1970s there have been numerous reforms and policy documents produced to enhance victims' satisfaction in the criminal justice system. The Republic of Ireland has seen a sea change in more recent years from a focus on services for victims to a greater emphasis on procedural rights.