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To understand how people experience justice and security is a
challenging task in times of unrest, marked by growing perceptions
of insecurity, discrimination and uncertainty. The European project
ALTERNATIVE aimed to understand justice and security experiences
related to conflicts in intercultural settings, when citizens are
given the means to actively contribute to these processes. This
book relates how the project was set up as an action research
through the concrete description of four action sites: social
housing estates in Vienna, Austria; a small community in Hungary
with a Roma population; three border towns in Serbia; and three
communities in Northern Ireland. These four sites have been
compared through an innovative methodology, which leads to a deeper
understanding of the impact of participatory and restorative
justice oriented processes, and - in a more general way - of what
action research may entail in the criminological field. Bringing
together researchers and case studies from around Europe, this book
examines the scientific potential of action research as a
methodology in criminal justice settings. This book is one of two
volumes resulting from the work by a group of researchers in six
European countries having cooperated intensively during four years
in ALTERNATIVE, an action research project funded under the EU
Seventh Framework Programme.
Restorative justice aims to address the consequences of crime by
encouraging victims and offenders to communicate and discuss the
harm caused by the crime that has been committed. In the majority
of cases, restorative justice is facilitated by direct and indirect
dialogue between victims and offenders, but it also includes
support networks and sometimes involves professionals such as
police, lawyers, social workers or prosecutors and judges. In
theory, the victim is a core participant in restorative justice and
the restoration of the harm is a first concern. In practice,
questions arise as to whether the victim is actively involved in
the process, what restoration may entail, whether there is a risk
of secondary victimisation and whether the victim is truly at the
heart of the restorative response, or whether the offender remains
the focal point of attention. Using a combination of victimological
literature and empirical data from a European research project,
this book considers the role and the position of the victim in
restorative justice practices, focusing on legislative,
organisational and institutional frameworks of victim-offender
mediation and conferencing programmes at a national and local
level, as well as the victims' personal needs and experiences. The
findings are essential reading for academics and students engaged
in the study of justice, victimology and law. The publication will
also be valuable to policymakers and professionals such as social
workers, lawyers and mediators.
Justice for Victims brings together the world's leading scholars in
the fields of study surrounding victimization in a pioneering
international collection. This book focuses on the current study of
victims of crime, combining both legal and social-scientific
perspectives, articulating both in new directions and questioning
whether victims really do have more rights in our modern world.
This book offers an interdisciplinary approach, covering
large-scale (political) victimization, terrorist victimization,
sexual victimization and routine victimization. Split into three
sections, this book provides in-depth coverage of: victims' rights,
transitional justice and victims' perspectives, and trauma,
resilience and justice. Victims' rights are conceptualised in the
human rights framework and discussed in relation to supranational,
international and regional policies. The transitional justice
section covers victims of war from those caught between peace and
justice, as well as post-conflict justice. The final section
focuses on post-traumatic stress, connecting psychological and
anthropological perceptions in analysing collective violence, mass
victimization and trauma. This book addresses challenging and new
issues in the field of victimology and the study of transitional
and restorative justice. As such, it will be of interest to
researchers, practitioners and students interested in the fields of
victimology, transitional justice, restorative justice and trauma
work.
Restorative justice aims to address the consequences of crime by
encouraging victims and offenders to communicate and discuss the
harm caused by the crime that has been committed. In the majority
of cases, restorative justice is facilitated by direct and indirect
dialogue between victims and offenders, but it also includes
support networks and sometimes involves professionals such as
police, lawyers, social workers or prosecutors and judges. In
theory, the victim is a core participant in restorative justice and
the restoration of the harm is a first concern. In practice,
questions arise as to whether the victim is actively involved in
the process, what restoration may entail, whether there is a risk
of secondary victimisation and whether the victim is truly at the
heart of the restorative response, or whether the offender remains
the focal point of attention. Using a combination of victimological
literature and empirical data from a European research project,
this book considers the role and the position of the victim in
restorative justice practices, focusing on legislative,
organisational and institutional frameworks of victim-offender
mediation and conferencing programmes at a national and local
level, as well as the victims' personal needs and experiences. The
findings are essential reading for academics and students engaged
in the study of justice, victimology and law. The publication will
also be valuable to policymakers and professionals such as social
workers, lawyers and mediators.
To understand how people experience justice and security is a
challenging task in times of unrest, marked by growing perceptions
of insecurity, discrimination and uncertainty. The European project
ALTERNATIVE aimed to understand justice and security experiences
related to conflicts in intercultural settings, when citizens are
given the means to actively contribute to these processes. This
book relates how the project was set up as an action research
through the concrete description of four action sites: social
housing estates in Vienna, Austria; a small community in Hungary
with a Roma population; three border towns in Serbia; and three
communities in Northern Ireland. These four sites have been
compared through an innovative methodology, which leads to a deeper
understanding of the impact of participatory and restorative
justice oriented processes, and - in a more general way - of what
action research may entail in the criminological field. Bringing
together researchers and case studies from around Europe, this book
examines the scientific potential of action research as a
methodology in criminal justice settings. This book is one of two
volumes resulting from the work by a group of researchers in six
European countries having cooperated intensively during four years
in ALTERNATIVE, an action research project funded under the EU
Seventh Framework Programme.
Justice for Victims brings together the world's leading scholars in
the fields of study surrounding victimization in a pioneering
international collection. This book focuses on the current study of
victims of crime, combining both legal and social-scientific
perspectives, articulating both in new directions and questioning
whether victims really do have more rights in our modern world.
This book offers an interdisciplinary approach, covering
large-scale (political) victimization, terrorist victimization,
sexual victimization and routine victimization. Split into three
sections, this book provides in-depth coverage of: victims' rights,
transitional justice and victims' perspectives, and trauma,
resilience and justice. Victims' rights are conceptualised in the
human rights framework and discussed in relation to supranational,
international and regional policies. The transitional justice
section covers victims of war from those caught between peace and
justice, as well as post-conflict justice. The final section
focuses on post-traumatic stress, connecting psychological and
anthropological perceptions in analysing collective violence, mass
victimization and trauma. This book addresses challenging and new
issues in the field of victimology and the study of transitional
and restorative justice. As such, it will be of interest to
researchers, practitioners and students interested in the fields of
victimology, transitional justice, restorative justice and trauma
work.
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