Administrating Victimization - The Politics of Anti-Social Behaviour and Hate Crime Policy (Hardcover)

With Foreword by Pamela Davies, Northumbria University, UK The study of victims and victimization has evolved to produce more information about the effects and impacts of crime, as well as victims' experiences of engagement with the criminal justice system. This book analyses the socio-political context in which particular groups of victims have been prioritised by UK policy-makers in the past two decades as requiring enhanced or targeted services.Focusing on anti-social behaviour and hate crime, Duggan and Heap explore how separating victims according to victimization type allows for a targeted approach which benefits some and disadvantages others. They assess the extent to which certain forms of victimization, or demarcated groups of victims, have been used by governments to further punitive political agendas under the guise of being 'victim-focused' or 'victim-led'. In so doing, this book explores the changing role and status of the victim in contemporary criminal justice discourses, as well as the increased managerialism evident in facilitating victims' engagement in the broader criminal justice system.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Pivot
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Palgrave Hate Studies
Release date:	June 2014
First published:	June 2014
Authors:	M. Duggan • V. Heap
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	129
ISBN-13:	978-1-137-40926-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies
LSN:	1-137-40926-6
Barcode:	9781137409263

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