Abstract

IGOL, Victoria. PARADIGM SHIFT: CONSENSUSES AND DISPUTES AROUND THE VICTIM’S LAW IN ARGENTINA. Zaranda ideas [online]. 2021, vol.19, n.2, pp.1-23. ISSN 1853-1296.

Victims have become increasingly important in the contemporary social movement. They are the protagonists of many mobilizations, demand reparations from the State, work in state agencies, and so on. This article is about the treatment in Congress of Lay 27.372, commonly known as the victim’s law, whose objective is to modify the role of the victim in the criminal process. I will focus on the debate of the law, based on the presentations made by different crime victims, experts and officials during the treatment of such law, considering three topics of discussion that are relevant to understanding the world of the victims. The first of these is about the opposition between experience and expert knowledge, the other two analyse the difference between revenge and the search for justice, and the criminal policy as a moral issue.

Keywords : Victims; Justice; Criminal Justice; Experience; Expertise.