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How can we best help offenders desist from crime, as well as help
victims heal? This book engages with this question by offering its
readers a comprehensive review of positive criminology in theory,
research and practice. Positive criminology is a concept - a
perspective - that places emphasis on forces of integration and
social inclusion that are experienced positively by target
individual and groups, and may contribute to a reduction in
negative emotions, desistance from crime and overcoming the
traumatic experience of victimization. In essence, positive
criminology holds a more holistic view, which acknowledges that
thriving and disengagement from distress, addiction, mental
illness, crime, deviance or victimization might be fostered more
effectively by enhancing positive emotions and experiences, rather
than focusing on reducing negative attributes. Each chapter in this
book is written by key scholars in the related fields of
criminology, victimology and addiction and, thus, assembles varied
and extensive approaches to rehabilitation and treatment. These
approaches share in common a positive criminology view, thereby
enriching our understanding of the concept and other strength-based
approaches to dealing with offenders and victims. This edited book
elaborates on positive criminology core ideas and assumptions;
discusses related theories and innovations; and presents various
benefits that this perspective can promote in the field of
rehabilitation. For this reason, this book will be essential
reading for those engaged in the study of criminology, criminal
justice and victimology and may also assist scholars and
professionals to help offenders desist from crime and improve
victims' well-being.
How can we best help offenders desist from crime, as well as help
victims heal? This book engages with this question by offering its
readers a comprehensive review of positive criminology in theory,
research and practice. Positive criminology is a concept - a
perspective - that places emphasis on forces of integration and
social inclusion that are experienced positively by target
individual and groups, and may contribute to a reduction in
negative emotions, desistance from crime and overcoming the
traumatic experience of victimization. In essence, positive
criminology holds a more holistic view, which acknowledges that
thriving and disengagement from distress, addiction, mental
illness, crime, deviance or victimization might be fostered more
effectively by enhancing positive emotions and experiences, rather
than focusing on reducing negative attributes. Each chapter in this
book is written by key scholars in the related fields of
criminology, victimology and addiction and, thus, assembles varied
and extensive approaches to rehabilitation and treatment. These
approaches share in common a positive criminology view, thereby
enriching our understanding of the concept and other strength-based
approaches to dealing with offenders and victims. This edited book
elaborates on positive criminology core ideas and assumptions;
discusses related theories and innovations; and presents various
benefits that this perspective can promote in the field of
rehabilitation. For this reason, this book will be essential
reading for those engaged in the study of criminology, criminal
justice and victimology and may also assist scholars and
professionals to help offenders desist from crime and improve
victims' well-being.
Global criminology is an emerging field covering international and
transnational crimes that have not traditionally been the focus of
mainstream criminology or criminal justice. Global Criminology:
Crime and Victimization in a Globalized Era is a collection of
rigorously peer-reviewed papers presented at the First
International Conference of the South Asian Society of Criminology
and Victimology (SASCV) that took place in Jaipur, India in 2011.
Using a global yardstick as the basis for measurement, the
fundamental goal of the conference was to determine criminological
similarities and differences in different regions. Four dominant
themes emerged at the conference: Terrorism. In a topic that
operates at the intersection of international law, international
politics, crime, and victimization, some questions remain
unanswered. Is terrorism a crime issue or a national defense issue?
Should terrorists be treated as war criminals, soldiers, or civil
criminals? How can international efforts and local efforts work
together to defeat terrorism? Cyber Crimes and Victimization. Cyber
space provides anonymity, immediate availability, and global
access. Cyber offenders easily abuse these open routes. As cyber
space develops, cyber-crime develops and grows. To achieve better
cyber security, global criminologists must explore cyber-crimes
from a variety of perspectives, including law, the motivation of
offenders, and the impact on victims. Marginality and Social
Exclusion . Globalization is manifest in the fast transition of
people between places, societies, social classes, and cultures.
Known social constructions are destroyed for new ones, and
marginalized people are excluded from important material, social,
and human resources. This section examines how we can provide
inclusion for marginalized individuals in the global era and
protect them from victimization. Theoretical and Practical Models
of Criminal Victimization. The process of globalization, as
mentioned above, creates new elements of victimization. But
globalization can also become an opportunity for confronting and
defeating victimization through improved sharing of knowledge and
increased understanding of the humanity of the weak. The emerging
global criminology comprises diversity of attitudes, explanations,
and perspectives. The editors of this volume recognize that in the
global village, there is room for solid contributions to the field
of criminology and criminal justice. This collection is a move in
this direction. It is hoped that these articles will help to expand
the boundaries of criminology, criminal justice, and victimology
with a view towards reducing crime worldwide.
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).
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