Victimology : Victimisation and Victims' rights / by Lorraine Wolhuter, Neil Olley and David Denham
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TextPublication details: Abingdon: Routledge-Cavendish, 2009.Description: xviii, 301p. ; 23cmISBN: - 9781845680459
- 362.88094 WOL
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1. Introduction
Part 1: Victimology and Victimization
2. Theories of Victimology
3. Victimization
4. Women Victims - Domestic Terror and Female Victimization
5. Victims from Minority Ethnic Groups
6. LGBT and Elderly Victims
Part 2: Legal Responses to Victimization
7. The Development of a Legal Right’s Discourse
8. Support and Assistance
9. Information, Respect and Recognition, and Protection
10. Victim Participation
11. Victim Compensation
12. Victims and Restorative Justice 1
3. Rights of Victims from Socially Disadvantaged Groups
14. Conclusion - A Victims' Rights Model for the Criminal Process
This textbook examines the theoretical arguments surrounding victims before examining who the victims of crime actually are & the measures taken by the criminal justice system in order to enhance their position. Particular attention is paid to women, homosexuals, ethnic minorities & the elderly as victims. (Source : WorldCat)
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