An injured person and a victim in the Czech criminal process

AN INJURED PERSON AND A VICTIM IN THE CZECH CRIMINAL PROCESS - ABSTRACT My thesis is devoted to position of injured person and victim in national regulation of criminal procedure. The beginning of my thesis focuses on historical development of procedural position of injured person in our country. In thesis is described definition of the term injured person from the view of current legislation and there are also presented my proposals on this topic de lege ferenda. This part of my thesis is especially focused on differences between the term victim of a criminal act and the term injured person and also on regulation of the compensation for the damage for victim of a criminal act. The main part of the thesis includes the regulation in force of position of injured person in criminal proceedings. The next part of my thesis is devoted to regulation of the adhesion proceeding and position of injured person in diversions in criminal proceedings. At the end of my work is included comparison of effective regulation of position of injured person in the Czech Republic and regulations in force of position of injured person in Slovakia