Victims of Crime (eBook)

Construction, Governance and Policy

Matthew Hall (Autor)

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2018 | 1st ed. 2017
IX, 344 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
9783319645896 (ISBN)

Infos

This volume critically engages with the development of official policy and reform in relation to the support of victims of crime both within and beyond the criminal justice system of England and Wales. Since the election of the Conservative/Liberal Democrat Coalition Government in May 2010 it is argued that victimization has increasingly taken on a greater cultural resonance both in England and Wales and in other industrialised countries. Images of terrorism, public debates around the handling of sexual victimisation by the courts, and the issue of child sexual exploitation have catapulted victim issues into the public consciousness like never before  - generating a new form of what Hall terms 'victim capital'. As such, this book utilises a combination of cultural victimological analysis, governance theory and legal scholarship to address fundamental questions concerning the drivers and impact of victim policy in England and Wales in the 21st century. An engaging and original study, this book will be of particular interest to scholars of victimology and the criminal justice system, as well as activists and policy makers.


Matthew Hall is Professor of Law and Criminal Justice at Lincoln Law School, the University of Lincoln, UK. 

Inhalt

Chapter 1. Constructing Victimhood in Culture and Law.-  Chapter 2. Victims in Public Policy.- Chapter 3. Support Services for Victims in England & Wales.-  Chapter 4. Victims and the Criminal Justice Process.- Chapter 5. Victim Compensation, Restitution and Restorative Justice.- Chapter 6. Victim Capital and Victim Policy Networks.- Chapter 7. Victims of Crime: Constructions, Governance and Policy.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.1.2018
• Reihe/Serie: Palgrave Studies in Victims and Victimology
• Reihe/Serie: Palgrave Studies in Victims and Victimology
• Zusatzinfo: IX, 344 p.
• Verlagsort: Cham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: 2012 EU Directive • British politics • Compensation • Conservative Government • Criminal Law • criminal policy • Criminology • Culture • Domestic violence • Human Trafficking • Law • Public Policy • Restitution and Restorative Justice • Sexual Violence • state responses • Support Services for Victims • victimology • Victim Policy Networks • Victims’ Code
• ISBN-13: 9783319645896 / 9783319645896