Compensation for Criminal Injuries in Britain

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*The literature on topic is now vast: Amended operative Aug. 1, 1964, is printed in Hansard, House of Commons, vol. 697, cols. 90-94, W.A., June 24, 1964, as amended (para. 17), vol. 717, col. 300, W.A., Aug. 3, 1965 and (para. 5 (a) and (d)); vol. 733, col. 154, W.A., Aug. 4, 1966: the Scheme, see Appendix I to this article. for of Crimes of Cmnd. 2323, March 1964: the White Paper. First Report of Board, Cmnd. 2782, Oct. 1965: the First Report. The Work of by His Honour Judge Sir Walker Kelly Q.C., Chairman of Board, (1966), XXXIV MedicoLegal J. 48-57: Carter, a good discussion of principle. for Injuries by D. H. Secretary and Solicitor to Board, (1966), 110 S.J. 99-101: Harrison, a well written and highly informative article from inside. The Board: Its Work and its Scope by Cyril Horsford, [1966] Grim. L.R. 356-360. Criminal Compensation-Mens Rea Misapplied by K. T. Watson, (1966), 116 N.L.J. 684: Watson. Criminal Compensation by J. Yahuda (1966), 116 N.L.J. 292 Criminal Board Releases by Colin Tapper (1965), 28 M.L.R. 460-463. Great Britain Approves Program for of Violence (1965), 78 Harvard L.R. 1683-1686. Hansard, House of Lords, vol. 245, cols. 245-319, Dec. 5, 1962; vol. 257, cols. 13511419, May 7, 1964 (a fine debate). House of Commons, vol. 694, cols. 1127-1243, May 5, 1964. for of Crimes of Cmnd. 1406, June 1961: the Working Party. for of Crimes of Report, 1962: Justice Report. for of Violence: A Round Table (1959), J. of Public Law, Atlanta, 191-253, including for Victims by Miss Margery Fry, reprinted Observer, July 7, 1957. for through Crimes of Report of Conservative Party Committee, 1962. The New Zealand Act, 1963 by B. J. Cameron (1966), U. Toronto L.J. 177-180. for of Crimes of Violence, by D. J. Harris, Chapter 3 in A. G. Davis, Essays in Law, 45-76, a well written study, well annotated: Harris. for of (1966), U. Chicago L.R. 531-557, a thoughtful analytical study of fundamental problems, drawing on British, New Zealand, and principally American sources: U.C.L.R. State for Criminally Inflicted Injuries by Paul Frederick Rothstein (1965), 44 Texas L.R. 38, comparative study of Britain, New Zealand and U.S.A. Scheme for Violent by G. E. Parker (1966), 130 J.P.J. 262, an outline of Yarborough Bill in U.S.A. Stephen Schafer, Restitution to of Crime (Stevens, 1960), a comparative study. F. H. McClintock, Crimes of (London: Macmillan, 1963). Further articles: (1965), 33 S.L.T. 145; (1964), 108 S.J. 226; (1964), 253 L.T. 185; (1965), 128 J.P.J. 501; (1964) S.L.T. 121; (1964), 108 S.J. 663, 683 (restitution); (1963), S.L.T. 62. Monthly reports of cases appear in Law Review and Current Law March 1965 onwards. Reports of cases are obtainable on request Board, 19 Woburn Place, London W.C.1. **Barrister-in-Law, Lecturer in Law in University of Southampton. 1Justice Report, 3-4. Harris, 49-50.