Outline How the Legal System's Response to Victims Has Changed

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-2100 BC victims in Middle Eastern and Mediterranean societies were supported by laws and systems that entitled them compensation if victimised.This victim-focused approach was lost when those societies collapsed
-600 AD provided victims with similar entitlements and these were important in avoiding blood feuds based on revenge.Offenders not only paid compensation, but the costs of the process of determining injury and cost
-The Norman England times (early 1000s) turned private injury to a public wrong (crime).The focus moved from the victim to the state.Victims became witnesses in a state-driven process and their personal needs resulting from the harm were no longer the centre of decision making
-This system continues and victims today report a lack of satisfaction when they find themselves part of the criminal justice system
-The current criminal justice system is far removed from the victim justice system of much earlier times.

Outline How the Legal System's Response to Victims Has Changed

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