Crime victims : theory, policy and practice /

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Author / Creator:Spalek, Basia.
Imprint:Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
Description:xi, 201 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5846743
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Other authors / contributors:Campling, Jo
ISBN:1403935424 (paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-194) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introducing Victimology
  • Victimhood, Late Modernity and Criminal Justice
  • Victimology: Theoretical Perspectives
  • Researching Victimisation: Contesting Victimhood
  • Understanding Victimisation: Exploring Harms
  • Official Responses to Victimisation
  • Victims' Needs and Victims' Rights
  • Unofficial Victims' Movements: Re-defining Victimhood
  • New Perspectives within Victimology
  • Conclusion: Future Developments and Implications
  • Notes for Chapters
  • References