Child Victims

Crime, Impact, and Criminal Justice
Erscheinungsjahr 1992
ISBN: 978-0-19-825700-4
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 218 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 317 g

Reihe: Clarendon Paperbacks

Child Victims explores the range and extent of crimes committed against children and assesses their impact. The testimony of over two hundred children gives voice, for the first time, to their experiences, their views, and their needs.

It examines how children attain the status of `victims' in the criminal justice system. Drawing on recent research findings, the authors examine each stage of the legal process that a child encounters, from the initial reporting of the offence, through police investigation, to the trial itself. They contrast the specialist response to victims of child sexual abuse with the experience of children who are victims of other crimes, thrust into an adult system which takes little account of their
needs. Child Victims concludes by examining the role of support services and agencies dealing with child victims, and makes a number of key recommendations for future policy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Morgan, Sally

Morgan, Jane

Zedner, Lucia

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik: Familie, Kinder, Jugendliche
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Kindesmissbrauch, Sexueller Missbrauch, Häusliche Gewalt

Über Autor(innen)

Jane Morgan, who died in the summer of 1992, was lecturer in law at Unviersity College of Wales, Aberystwyth.

Lucia Zedner is fellow and Tutor in Law at Corpus Christi College, Oxford