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Commitment to parallel justice.

Victim Support
June 4, 2015

Source: (2007) Wellington: The New Zealand Council of Victim Support Groups, Inc.

Victim Support calls for a system of Parallel Justice. This is a system that gives the victim a
separate path to justice alongside the criminal justice system. It distinguishes the needs of the
victim from society’s treatment of the offender. It means that the victim’s rights should not
depend on apprehension and conviction of the offender. (excerpt)

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