Editing Victimology (section)

== Rights of victims ==
{{main|Victims' rights}}
[[File:Anna Baldry watches as participants conduct role-play scenarios (4508207576).jpg|thumb|left|[[Anna Costanza Baldry]] (left), senior researcher at the [[Tilburg University|International Victimology Institute Tilburg]] (INTERVICT), watches as participants conduct role-play scenarios during domestic and gender-based violence training at the Central Training Center. [[Afghan National Police]] (ANP)]]

In 1985, the  [[UN General Assembly]] adopted the Declaration on the Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.un.org/documents/ga/res/40/a40r034.htm |title=A/RES/40/34. Declaration of basic principles of justice for victims of crime and abuse of power |publisher=Un.org |date=1985-11-29 |access-date=2014-05-05}}</ref> Also, the [[Tilburg University|International Victimology Institute Tilburg (INTERVICT)]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tilburguniversity.nl/intervict/|title=Search results|website=Tilburg University}}</ref> and the [[World Society of Victimology]] developed a UN Convention for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tilburguniversity.nl/intervict/undeclaration/convention.pdf|title=Search results|website=Tilburg University}}</ref>

The term ''victimology'', in fact, denotes to the subject, which studies about the harm(s) caused to victims in commission of crime and the relative scope for compensation to the victim as a means of redressal. In criminal jurisprudence, mere punishment of an offender is not considered sufficient in redressing the grievance of victim; there is need to compensate the loss or harms suffered by the victim. In Criminal Procedure Code, though provisions have been made in Section 357 to provide compensation to victims, who have suffered loss or harms in consequence to commission of offence. But, what has been provided in Indian Law, as a compensatory measure to victims of crimes, is not enough and this aspect needs to be reviewed by the legislature to frame or enact necessary law, so as to sufficiently compensate to victims of crimes and to provide safeguards to victims of crimes, besides compensating him in monetary terms. [S.P. Sharma, Advocate, Rajasthan High Court, Jodhpur, December, 2010].
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