基本説明
New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2002. This book will further debate on how we conceptualise victims as well as their appropriate role within the criminal justice system.
Full Description
This innovative collection presents original theoretical analyses and previously unpublished empirical research on criminal victimisation. Following an overview of the development and deficiencies of victimology,subsequent chapters present more detailed challenges to stereotypical conceptions of victimisation through their focus on: male victims of domestic violence; victims of male-on-male rape; corporate victims; and the 'victim-offenders' who are the recipients of IRA punishment beatings. The second half of the book considers criminal justice responses to victimisation, focusing in particular on the potential of, and limits to, restorative justice, the social (and gendered) construction of the victim within contested trials and the exclusionary nature of current 'victim-centred' initiatives. This important book will further the debate on how we conceptualise victims as well as their appropriate role within the criminal justice system. New Visions of Crime Victims will be of interest to academics, students, criminal justice practitioners and policy-makers.
It has particular implications for scholarship in the fields of victimology, restorative justice and feminist approaches to criminology and criminal justice. The integration of work by established criminologists, such as Carolyn Hoyle, Paul Rock, Andrew Sanders and Richard Young with that of young, previously unpublished scholars, makes for an interesting and stimulating book. As well as being a valuable addition to the literature, it can be used to support undergraduate and postgraduate courses in criminal justice and criminology.
Contents
1. On Becoming a Victim
Paul Rock
2. Male Victims of Rape: Responses to a Perceived Threat to Masculinity
Stephanie Allen
3. Victims of Paramilitary Punishment Attacks in Belfast
Heather Hamill
4. Female-on-Male Domestic Violence: Uncommon or Ignored?
Ann Grady
5. Securing Restorative Justice for the 'Non-Participating' Victim
Carolyn Hoyle
6. Testing the Limits of Restorative Justice: The Case of Corporate Victims
Richard Young
7. The Trial of Rose West: Contesting Notions of Victimhood
Jo Winter
8. Victim Participation in an Exclusionary Criminal Justice System
Andrew Sanders
