Open AccessJuvenile Victims in Vietnam Criminal Justice: Where to be and Where to go?
Author(s) -
Le Lan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
vnu journal of science: legal studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2588-1167
DOI - 10.25073/2588-1167/vnuls.4364
Subject(s) - vietnamese , criminology , minor (academic) , damages , law , political science , economic justice , criminal justice , criminal law , juvenile , theory of criminal justice , subject (documents) , psychology , philosophy , linguistics , biology , library science , computer science , genetics
Juvenile victims, a highly vulnerable group in criminal justice, are subject to damages caused by crime as well as the suffering caused by criminal proceedings. This paper is devoted to the clarification of the legal status of juvenile victims based on the combination of two statuses, namely the aggrieved person and minor in Vietnamese criminal justice, clarification of their legal status in Vietnamese traditional and contemporary legal culture, thereby making comparisons with the norms of international law. Accordingly, this paper indicates a great deal of attention given by the Vietnamese criminal procedure law to such group, despite several provisions that need to be further adjusted towards a new approach to minors and especially crime victims in the future.