"Some Days It's Tough Just Gettin' Up": How the Current Civil and Criminal Legal Remedies Fail to Protect Mass Shooting Victims

Authors

Ariel J. RomeroFollow

Abstract

This Comment proposes amending United States laws dealing with victim rights and remedies specifically for victims who survive public mass shootings. This Comment provides a short history of mass shootings and the relevant law pertaining to victims’ remedies in a civil and criminal law context, discusses the deficiencies in these remedies, and proposes a stronger interdisciplinary approach to victims’ rights to more effectively address these deficiencies.

Recommended Citation

Ariel J. Romero, "Some Days It's Tough Just Gettin' Up": How the Current Civil and Criminal Legal Remedies Fail to Protect Mass Shooting Victims, 24 Chap. L. Rev. 529 (2021).
Available at: https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/chapman-law-review/vol24/iss2/4