Development of Victimology and the Victims’ Rights Movement in Serbia
Abstract
The situation of victims in Serbia has received increasing attention during recent decades, both by researchers and by society
at large. First systematized scientific papers and empirical research in the field of victimology, as well as first initiatives
for improvement of the position of victims in Serbia occurred in 1980s, with feminists having an important role in both.
During 1990s the influence of other factors was added: initiatives of human rights organisations, development of victimology
as an academic discipline, increase of crime, ethnic conflicts on the territory of the former Yugoslavia and related humanitarian
initiatives. Advocacy of civil society contributed to a great extent to the changes of the state’s relationship toward victims’ issues
that occurred only after political changes in 2000. Since 2012, in the context of the EU accession process and harmonization of
Serbian legislation and policy with the EU aquis, more favourable climate for wider social acceptan...ce of a holistic approach to
the rights of all victims and their support and assistance has been created. This paper will present an overview and analysis of
development of victimology and the victims’ rights movement in Serbia, as well as to evaluate it bearing in mind larger context
of development as well as current status of victimology and advocacy for victims’ rights. Victimology and the victims’ rights
movement in Serbia will be presented following the development through four periods.
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Book of apstracts-18th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology Crimes Against Humans and Crimes Against Humanity, 2018, 417-417Publisher:
- European Society of Criminology
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rFASPERTY - CONF AU - Ćopić, Sanja AU - Nikolić-Ristanović, Vesna PY - 2018 UR - https://www.esc-eurocrim.org/images/esc/files/Abstracts_Sarajevo_2018.pdf UR - http://rfasper.fasper.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5105 AB - The situation of victims in Serbia has received increasing attention during recent decades, both by researchers and by society at large. First systematized scientific papers and empirical research in the field of victimology, as well as first initiatives for improvement of the position of victims in Serbia occurred in 1980s, with feminists having an important role in both. During 1990s the influence of other factors was added: initiatives of human rights organisations, development of victimology as an academic discipline, increase of crime, ethnic conflicts on the territory of the former Yugoslavia and related humanitarian initiatives. Advocacy of civil society contributed to a great extent to the changes of the state’s relationship toward victims’ issues that occurred only after political changes in 2000. Since 2012, in the context of the EU accession process and harmonization of Serbian legislation and policy with the EU aquis, more favourable climate for wider social acceptance of a holistic approach to the rights of all victims and their support and assistance has been created. This paper will present an overview and analysis of development of victimology and the victims’ rights movement in Serbia, as well as to evaluate it bearing in mind larger context of development as well as current status of victimology and advocacy for victims’ rights. Victimology and the victims’ rights movement in Serbia will be presented following the development through four periods. PB - European Society of Criminology C3 - Book of apstracts-18th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology Crimes Against Humans and Crimes Against Humanity T1 - Development of Victimology and the Victims’ Rights Movement in Serbia EP - 417 SP - 417 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rfasper_5105 ER -
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Ćopić, S.,& Nikolić-Ristanović, V.. (2018). Development of Victimology and the Victims’ Rights Movement in Serbia. in Book of apstracts-18th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology Crimes Against Humans and Crimes Against Humanity European Society of Criminology., 417-417. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rfasper_5105
Ćopić S, Nikolić-Ristanović V. Development of Victimology and the Victims’ Rights Movement in Serbia. in Book of apstracts-18th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology Crimes Against Humans and Crimes Against Humanity. 2018;:417-417. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rfasper_5105 .
Ćopić, Sanja, Nikolić-Ristanović, Vesna, "Development of Victimology and the Victims’ Rights Movement in Serbia" in Book of apstracts-18th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology Crimes Against Humans and Crimes Against Humanity (2018):417-417, https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rfasper_5105 .