New Visions Of Crime Victims

Author : Carolyn Hoyle
Publisher : Hart Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1841132802
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Visions of Crime Victims written by Carolyn Hoyle and published by Hart Publishing. This book was released on 2002-08-14 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an effort to provide "distinctively new" research in victimology, Hoyle and Young (both of the Centre for Criminological Research, U. of Oxford, UK) present eight chapters by emerging and established academics. The contributions can be characterized as having two separate focuses: the challenging of stereotypical notions of the victim and examinations of criminal justice responses. Male victims of domestic violence and rape, victims of corporate crime, and the victims of IRA "punishment beatings" are examined. Concepts of restorative justice and victim participation in the criminal justice system are also explored. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Dennis Sullivan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134260784
Total Pages : 860 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Restorative Justice written by Dennis Sullivan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-05-07 with total page 860 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Handbook of Restorative Justice is a collection of original, cutting-edge essays that offer an insightful and critical assessment of the theory, principles and practices of restorative justice around the globe. This much-awaited volume is a response to the cry of students, scholars and practitioners of restorative justice, for a comprehensive resource about a practice that is radically transforming the way the human community responds to loss, trauma and harm. Its diverse essays not only explore the various methods of responding nonviolently to harms-done by persons, groups, global corporations and nation-states, but also examine the dimensions of restorative justice in relation to criminology, victimology, traumatology and feminist studies. In addition. They contain prescriptions for how communities might re-structure their family, school and workplace life according to restorative values. This Handbook is an essential tool for every serious student of criminal, social and restorative justice.

Author : Sandra Walklate
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
ISBN 13 : 0335230342
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book EBOOK: Imagining the Victim of Crime written by Sandra Walklate and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 2006-10-16 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "...the clarity in which the wide range of relevant issues are presented throughout the book makes this must-reading for new entrants to this field and for students." International Review of Victimology This book situates the contemporary preoccupation with criminal victimisation within the broader socio-cultural changes of the last twenty five years. In so doing it addresses not only the policy possibilities that have been generated as a consequence of those changes but also concerns itself with the ability of victimology to help make sense of this change. Written in the post 9/11 context this book considers the efficacy of theory and policy relating to questions of victimhood to accommodate the current political and cultural climate and offers a critical understanding of both. It adopts an explicitly cross-cultural position on these questions. It will be vital reading for anyone interested in the problems and possibilities posed by criminal victimisation understood in the broadest terms.

Author : Roy King
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199287627
Total Pages : 557 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Doing Research on Crime and Justice written by Roy King and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 557 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the problems that novice researchers encounter when translating neat and tidy textbook methodologies into real life situations, this guide explains how to undertake research in the fields of criminology and criminal justice.

Author : Matthew Hall
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136681108
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Victims and Policy-Making written by Matthew Hall and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-08-06 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Victims of crime are now the subjects of intense policy attention and reform across most developed nations, whilst also receiving sustained attention at the highest levels of the United Nations, the Council of Europe, and many other transnational organizations. Such moves have been fostered by the continued development of the international victims' movement and driven by a host of complex and interacting drivers which span jurisdictions. This volume sets out to contrast and compare the development of policies related to victims of crime and their place within the criminal justice systems in nine separate jurisdictions (the USA, the Netherlands, England and Wales, Scotland, the Republic of Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa). Based on first hand interviews with those responsible for formulating such policies, as well as detailed grounded and document analysis across these jurisdictions, this book exposes the national and transnational policy networks surrounding victims of crime and, in particular, examines how the provision of victim care is becoming globalized. In so doing, it represents a rare comparative evaluation of the underlying rationales and influences which have influenced the creation of such policies and places them in their true global context.

Author : D. Wilson
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137383933
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Crime, Victims and Policy written by D. Wilson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-06-25 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides critically examines how recent international developments in victims theory and policy are experienced within specific local contexts. The chapters approach key criminological issues including the experience of criminal justice agencies, policy formulation, the construction of victim identities and the 'discovery' of new victims.

Author : Basia Spalek
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1137505338
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Crime Victims written by Basia Spalek and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-09-16 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From white-collar to environmental crime, and hate crime to sexual violence, the study of victims and of the processes of victimisation is indispensable to understanding the full scale of the effects of crime in society. In this book, Basia Spalek offers a theoretically detailed and empirically rich account of how victimology has developed into a field that transcends academic disciplines and brings together researchers, practitioners, activists and community members. This second edition of Crime Victims continues to be a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the historical, social, political and cultural issues and trends in approaches to victims and victimisation. It introduces victimological theory, explores the impacts of crime on victims, and the challenges involved in developing victim support services. In addition, acknowledging the increasing recognition of trauma as central to understanding victimisation, it includes a therapeutic toolkit for victims, offenders and practitioners working in and with the criminal justice system. With Cutting Edge Research and Case Study sections added at the end of each chapter to highlight victimology as a vibrant and continuously developing field, Crime Victims is an essential resource to a broad audience, ranging from students of victimology, criminology and sociology to practitioners and professionals.

Author : Dignan, James
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
ISBN 13 : 0335209793
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding Victims And Restorative Justice written by Dignan, James and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 2004-11-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Although the topics dealt with are complex, the author has been very successful in presenting and exploring them clearly. Students may find particularly helpful the summary at the end of each chapter of the main points covered in that section. The Legal Executive "...the real strength of this book lies in the critical thinking that arises from the juxtaposition of two very much unfinished debates: the question of how victims are treated by the justice system, and the practices and implications of restorative justice. "...I feel this book is particularly important because it reframes a whole series of debates and practices which, otherwise, might be in danger of getting 'stuck'. That this is also undertaken by someone who is extremely knowledgeable about the subject matter and perceptive in relation to key issues is an added bonus." Vista Two of the principal and most influential developments within criminal justice policy - taking in a variety of common law jurisdictions during the past thirty years - have been the rise of the ‘victim movement’ and the emergence of a distinctive set of practices that have become associated with the term ‘restorative justice’.Understanding Victims and Restorative Justiceexamines the origins of and the relationship between these two sets of developments, and seeks to assess their strengths and weaknesses in meeting the needs of victims as part of the overall response to crime. Written in a lively and accessible style this book is of benefit to students from a range of disciplines including criminology, sociology and the law. Also helpful to professionals, practitioners and policymakers working in voluntary agencies within the criminal justice system.

Author : Wing-Cheong Chan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134077114
Total Pages : 431 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Support for Victims of Crime in Asia written by Wing-Cheong Chan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-09-12 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines developments in support for victims of crime in Asia. It shows how, contrary to the widely-held belief that Asian jurisdictions shy away from a rights based approach, there has been considerable progress in support for victims of crime.

Author : Iganski, Paul
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1847423574
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 'Hate crime' and the city written by Iganski, Paul and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2008-07-09 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The impression often conveyed by the media about hate crime offenders is that they are hate-fuelled individuals who, in acting out their extremely bigoted views, target their victims in premeditated violent attacks. Scholarly research on the perpetrators of hate crime has begun to provide a more nuanced picture. But the preoccupation of researchers with convicted offenders neglects the vast majority of hate crime offenders that do not come into contact with the criminal justice system. This book, from a leading author in the field, widens understanding of hate crime by demonstrating that many offenders are ordinary people who offend in the context of their everyday lives. Written in a lively and accessible style, the book takes a victim-centred approach to explore and analyse hate crime as a social problem, providing an empirically informed and scholarly perspective. Aimed at academics and students of criminology, sociology and socio-legal studies, the book draws out the connections between the individual agency of offenders and the background structural context for their actions. It adds a new dimension to the debate about criminalising hate in light of concerns about the rise of punitive and expressive justice, scrutinizing the balance struck by hate crime laws between the rights of offenders and the rights of victims.