Contents
About the contributors
Figures and tables
Introduction and overview, Sandra Walklate
Part 1 Perspectives on the victim and victimisation
Introduction, Sandra Walklate
1 Setting the scene: a question of history, Tony Kearon and Barry S. Godfrey
2 Theoretical perspectives on victimisation, Paul Rock
3 Theory and method: the social epidemiology of crime victims, Tim Hope
4 Crime, victimisation and vulnerability, Simon Green
Part 2 Victims, victimology and feminism
Introduction, Sandra Walklate
5 Surviving victimhood: the impact of feminist campaigns, Kate Cook and Helen Jones
6 Feminism, victimology and domestic violence, Carolyn Hoyle
7 Lessons from the gender agenda, Pamela Davies
Part 3 Victims, policy and service delivery
Introduction, Sandra Walklate
8 Public sector services and the victim of crime, Rob I. Mawby
9 The role of the voluntary sector, Brian Williams and Hannah Goodman
10 Matching service delivery to need, Peter Dunn
11 The victim in court, Andrew Sanders and Imogen Jones
12 The victim in restorative justice, Jim Dignan
Part 4 Comparative perspective
Introduction, Sandra Walklate
13 Looking beyond Great Britain: the development of criminal injuries compensation, David Miers
14 Benchmarking victim policies in the framework of European Union Law, Jan van Dijk and Marc Groenhuijsen
15 A comparative analysis of the victim policies accross the Anglo-speaking world, Tracey Booth and Kerry Carrington
Part 5 Other visions of victimisation and victimology
Introduction, Sandra Walklate
16 'Race', religion and victimisation: UK and European responses, Jo Goodey
17 Victims of corporate crime, Dave Whyte
18 Cultural victimology:are we all victims now? Gabe Mythen
Conclusion, Sandra Walklate
Glossary
Index
The study of criminal victimisation has developed to the stage where by victimology is now regarded as a central component to the study of crime and criminology. This focus of concern has been matched by the growth and development of support services for the victim of crime alongside increasing political concern with similar issues. The central purpose of this book is to bring together leading scholars to produce an authoritative handbook on victims and victimology that gives due consideration to these developments. It will be concerned to reflect contemporary academic, policy, and political debates on the nature, extent and impact of criminal victimisation and policy responses to it. This book:
