%0 Journal Article %T La acci¨®n penal y la v¨ªctima en el Derecho chileno %A Bordal¨ª Salamanca %A Andr¨¦s %J Revista de derecho (Valpara¨ªso) %D 2011 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.4067/S0718-68512011000200013 %X this article analyzes the jurisprudence of the constitutional court and the chilean doctrine on the interpretation of article 83, sub-paragraph 2, cpol, and the scope given to said article, which equally grants the exercise of the criminal action to the offended parties. this work shows a critical position regarding the attempts to see in this norm a fundamental right of legal protection in the interest of victims of a certain crime. a comparative analysis regarding the situation of the victims and the legal action in the spanish and italian law is also carried out. %K criminal proceedings %K right to legal protection %K victims. %U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0718-68512011000200013&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en