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New Visions of Crime Victims (Paperback, Uk Ed.)
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New Visions of Crime Victims (Paperback, Uk Ed.)
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This innovative collection presents original theoretical analyses
and previously unpublished empirical research on criminal
victimisation. Following an overview of the development and
deficiencies of victimology, subsequent chapters present more
detailed challenges to stereotypical conceptions of victimisation
through their focus on: male victims of domestic violence; victims
of male-on-male rape; corporate victims; and the 'victim-offenders'
who are the recipients of IRA punishment beatings. The second half
of the book considers criminal justice responses to victimisation,
focusing in particular on the potential of, and limits to,
restorative justice, the social (and gendered) construction of the
victim within contested trials and the exclusionary nature of
current 'victim-centred' initiatives. This important book will
further the debate on how we conceptualise victims as well as their
appropriate role within the criminal justice system. New Visions of
Crime Victims will be of interest to academics, students, criminal
justice practitioners and policy-makers. It has particular
implications for scholarship in the fields of victimology,
restorative justice and feminist approaches to criminology and
criminal justice. The integration of work by established
criminologists, such as Carolyn Hoyle, Paul Rock, Andrew Sanders
and Richard Young with that of young, previously unpublished
scholars, makes for an interesting and stimulating book. As well as
being a valuable addition to the literature, it can be used to
support undergraduate and postgraduate courses in criminal justice
and criminology. From the reviews of the hardback edition: "This is
a stimulating and well-presented book." Martin Wright, Restorative
Justice Online, November 2003 "The book succeeds in its goal of
introducing 'new voices', both in terms of the topics as well as
the authors." Roxanne Lieb, Howard Journal of Criminal Justice,
July 2003 "...it will be a valuable asset to victimologists and
academic libraries because it includes so many challenges to
conventional wisdom." Brian Williams, British Society of
Criminology Newsletter, March 2003
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