ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses how these the development of the victimology field as well as theoretical frameworks utilized to inform understandings surrounding victimization intersected to spur real-world change in the form of victims' rights and remedies. However, before considering where we are now, it is important to revisit the historical role of victims in the administration of justice. The chapter reviews the legislation that passed during the 1980s and drove the victims' rights movement forward. It focuses only on the legislative remedies that have occurred throughout the years. It is important to reiterate that victimologists drove forward much of the conversation about victims' rights and called attention to the need for greater remedies by the criminal justice system. Finally, it is important to note that most of the bills presented have been reauthorized since their initial passage date, which is noted in parentheses.
