A vítima na justiça restaurativa

: perspetivas de magistrados e técnicos de apoio à vítima

Abstract

In several countries, a feeling of dissatisfaction with the traditional criminal justice system has been mounting, generating the appearance of alternative judicial approaches centred more on dignifying and taking into account the victims. The role of restorative justice has given course to different opinions within the scientific community. In this study, we have tried to think about, analyse and understand the role of the victim in restorative justice through a qualitative analysis of data consisting of the points of view of six magistrates and four victim support services. Based on the results we formulated the following conclusions: the victim should be considered a participant in the judicial proceedings; the victim support services defend that the victim is not considered in the Portuguese justice system; the participants refer that the victims go to the justice system hoping the offender's behaviour will change and not searching for a punishment; the victim support services stand out on the reference to the expectations and feeling of the victims, instead of the magistrates that suggest some difficulties in wearing the victims' shoes; the participants referred more advantages that disadvantages relative to the impact of restorative practices on victims.

Date of Award	16 Oct 2017
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Raquel Matos (Supervisor)