Fr. 40.90

Plight of Crime Victims in Modern Society

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Klappentext An examination of the impact of victimization on those who are victimized, their response to the crimes and the services needed for crime victims. It looks at the traditional victims, women and children, as well as some usually neglected groups such as victims of abuse of power and state terrorism. Zusammenfassung An examination of the impact of victimization on those who are victimized! their response to the crimes and the services needed for crime victims. It looks at the traditional victims! women and children! as well as some usually neglected groups such as victims of abuse of power and state terrorism. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements - Notes on the Contributors - PROLOGUE: ON COUNTING VICTIMS - A Comparison of National Crime Surveys; R.Block - ON SOME NEGLECTED TYPES OF VICTIMIZATION - Victims of Abuse of Power: The David/Goliath Syndrome; E.A.Fattah - Victims of Extreme State Terrorism; R.Corrado - Victims of Terrorism: Dimensions of the Victim Experience; E.E.Flynn - The Victimization of Canada's Natives: The Consequences of Socio-Cultural Deprivation; C.T.Griffiths et al - ON WOMEN AND CHILDREN AS VICTIMS - Women as Victims; L.Vaughan-Evans et al - Victimhood of Battered Women: Psychological and Criminal Justice Perspectives; D.Dutton - Victimological Aspects of Child Abuse; E.A.Fattah - Child Abuse and the Courts: Finnish and Swedish Experiences; M.Korpilahti - ON RESPONSE TO, AND CONSEQUENCES OF, VICTIMIZATION - Victim-Offender Dynamics in Stranger to Stranger Violence: Robbery and Rape; R.Block - The Needs of Crime Victims; I.Waller - Crime Reporting and Services for Victims; E.Ziegenhagen - ON SERVICES FOR CRIME VICTIMS - Compensation by Offenders in Canada: A Victim's Right?; A.Thorvaldson - Legal Aid to Crime Victims; S.Hillenbrand - Victim-Witness Programs; S.Hillenbrand - Family Violence and Changing Ideologies in the Shelter Movement; T.Peltoniemi - EPILOGUE FOR A CHARTER OF RIGHTS FOR CRIME VICTIMS; A.Normandeau - Index...

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Acknowledgements - Notes on the Contributors - PROLOGUE: ON COUNTING VICTIMS - A Comparison of National Crime Surveys; R.Block - ON SOME NEGLECTED TYPES OF VICTIMIZATION - Victims of Abuse of Power: The David/Goliath Syndrome; E.A.Fattah - Victims of Extreme State Terrorism; R.Corrado - Victims of Terrorism: Dimensions of the Victim Experience; E.E.Flynn - The Victimization of Canada's Natives: The Consequences of Socio-Cultural Deprivation; C.T.Griffiths et al - ON WOMEN AND CHILDREN AS VICTIMS - Women as Victims; L.Vaughan-Evans et al - Victimhood of Battered Women: Psychological and Criminal Justice Perspectives; D.Dutton - Victimological Aspects of Child Abuse; E.A.Fattah - Child Abuse and the Courts: Finnish and Swedish Experiences; M.Korpilahti - ON RESPONSE TO, AND CONSEQUENCES OF, VICTIMIZATION - Victim-Offender Dynamics in Stranger to Stranger Violence: Robbery and Rape; R.Block - The Needs of Crime Victims; I.Waller - Crime Reporting and Services for Victims; E.Ziegenhagen - ON SERVICES FOR CRIME VICTIMS - Compensation by Offenders in Canada: A Victim's Right?; A.Thorvaldson - Legal Aid to Crime Victims; S.Hillenbrand - Victim-Witness Programs; S.Hillenbrand - Family Violence and Changing Ideologies in the Shelter Movement; T.Peltoniemi - EPILOGUE FOR A CHARTER OF RIGHTS FOR CRIME VICTIMS; A.Normandeau - Index

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Authors Ezzat A. Fattah
Assisted by Ezza A Fattah (Editor), Ezzat A Fattah (Editor), Ezzat A. Fattah (Editor)
Publisher Palgrave UK
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 14.01.2014
 
EAN 9781349200856
ISBN 978-1-349-20085-6
No. of pages 377
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work
Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Urban and regional sociology

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