Victims of Crime

Construction, Governance and Policy
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-319-64588-9
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 344 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 573 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Victims and Victimology

This volume critically engages with the development of official policy and reform in relation to the support of victims of crime both within and beyond the criminal justice system of England and Wales. Since the election of the Conservative/Liberal Democrat Coalition Government in May 2010 it is argued that victimization has increasingly taken on a greater cultural resonance both in England and Wales and in other industrialised countries. Images of terrorism, public debates around the handling of sexual victimisation by the courts, and the issue of child sexual exploitation have catapulted victim issues into the public consciousness like never before  – generating a new form of what Hall terms ‘victim capital’. As such, this book utilises a combination of cultural victimological analysis, governance theory and legal scholarship to address fundamental questions concerning the drivers and impact of victim policy in England and Wales in the 21st century. An engaging and original study, this book will be of particular interest to scholars of victimology and the criminal justice system, as well as activists and policy makers.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hall, Matthew

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Innen-, Bildungs- und Bevölkerungspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Constructing Victimhood in Culture and Law.-  Chapter 2. Victims in Public Policy.- Chapter 3. Support Services for Victims in England & Wales.-  Chapter 4. Victims and the Criminal Justice Process.- Chapter 5. Victim Compensation, Restitution and Restorative Justice.- Chapter 6. Victim Capital and Victim Policy Networks.- Chapter 7. Victims of Crime: Constructions, Governance and Policy.

Über Autor(innen)

Matthew Hall is Professor of Law and Criminal Justice at Lincoln Law School, the University of Lincoln, UK.