Criminal Injuries Compensation

The 2012 Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme (CICS) deals with some 33,000 applications for compensation each year. It has, since 1964, been one of the principal means by which the state aims to meet victims'' expectations following an offence of violence, but it also displays a clear doctrinal effort to differentiate ''deserving'' from ''undeserving'' victims. Over much of the same period crimi...