Trends and Issues in Victimology (Hardcover, Unabridged edition)

This book focuses on varied practical and theoretical issues of the science of victims, Victimology. Featuring a foreword and epilogue by leading victimologists, and fifteen original essays by leading as well as by young international victimologists, Trends and issues in Victimology, illustrates how victimization is currently perceived. This edited collection describes how the victim's right for privacy is deprived for the benefit of the accused and the public interest, and how special needs populations are exposed to revictimization during criminal proceedings. It also delineates specific characteristics of stalking victims, sexual abused victims, and victims in work place. Several recommendations and solutions in order to balance the justice system and improve the victims of crime situation are presented in this book. Practical modifications such as the adoption of the principle of restitution in the penal code as a framework for building evidence of victim legislation and policy, and the incorporation of the victim's therapy and restorative justice proceedings into the criminal justice system, are suggested. Theoretical aspects discuss the rhetoric of victimization and the social construction of victimization and empirical aspects of the focus on the impact of victimization. This book is a valuable addition to the growing literature on Victimology and Victimization. This book offers versatile authors of multidisciplinary fields of law, victimology, psychology and criminology. It is suitable to use in courses across social sciences, criminology, victimology and law."I have read this book with a kind of breathless tension and with an intellectual joy. Its contributions triggered many theoretical questions. This book not only reflects the current intellectual climate in social science, but it has also posed certain challenges." -Prof. Gerd Ferdinand Kirchhoff (from the Foreward).

General

Imprint:	Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2008
First published:	December 2008
Editors:	Natti Ronel • K Jaishankar • Moshe Bensimon
Dimensions:	212 x 148 x 31mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - With dust jacket
Pages:	330
Edition:	Unabridged edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-4438-0069-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > General
LSN:	1-4438-0069-4
Barcode:	9781443800693

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