Crime Victims
eBook - PDF

Crime Victims

Theory, Policy and Practice

  1. 202 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Crime Victims

Theory, Policy and Practice

About this book

From white-collar to environmental crime, and hate crime to sexual violence, the study of victims and of the processes of victimisation is indispensable to understanding the full scale of the effects of crime in society. In this book, Basia Spalek offers a theoretically detailed and empirically rich account of how victimology has developed into a field that transcends academic disciplines and brings together researchers, practitioners, activists and community members. This second edition of Crime Victims continues to be a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the historical, social, political and cultural issues and trends in approaches to victims and victimisation. It introduces victimological theory, explores the impacts of crime on victims, and the challenges involved in developing victim support services. In addition, acknowledging the increasing recognition of trauma as central to understanding victimisation, it includes a therapeutic toolkit for victims, offenders and practitioners working in and with the criminal justice system. With Cutting Edge Research and Case Study sections added at the end of each chapter to highlight victimology as a vibrant and continuously developing field, Crime Victims is an essential resource to a broad audience, ranging from students of victimology, criminology and sociology to practitioners and professionals.

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Information

Publisher
Red Globe Press
Year
2017
Print ISBN
9781137505361
eBook ISBN
9781137505330
Edition
2
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Criminology
Index
Social Sciences
20
Crime 
Victims
and 
social 
reality 
that 
can 
be 
a 
signicant 
aspect 
to 
recovery, 
if 
recovery 
is 
at 
all possible. 
Ultimately, 
Crime 
Victims
is 
a 
book 
that 
brings 
together 
research 
and 
under-
standing 
from 
victimological, 
criminological 
and 
counselling 
arenas 
in 
order 
to 
look 
at 
victimisation 
in 
a 
more 
holistic 
way. 
Each 
chapter 
that 
follows 
focuses 
upon 
the 
following 
areas: 
social 
responses 
to 
victimisation; 
victimology 
and 
traumatology, 
victimisation 
as 
social 
harm; 
theoretical 
perspectives; 
researching 
victimisation 
and 
trauma; 
supporting 
victims; 
dealing 
with 
victimisation 
within 
community 
settings; 
victims’ 
rights 
and 
therapeutic 
challenges 
for 
practi-
tioners; 
and 
an 
integrative 
psychotherapeutic 
toolkit 
for 
victims, 
offenders 
and 
practitioners.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. 1 Introducing Victimology: Victimhood, Social Justice and Trauma
  4. 2 A History of Victimology
  5. 3 Exploring Victimisation through Social Harm
  6. 4 Victimology and Psychological Traumatology
  7. 5 Researching Victimisation and Trauma
  8. 6 State-Based Responses to Victimisation
  9. 7 Self-Help Responses to Victimisation
  10. 8 Victims’ Rights and Challenges for Practitioners
  11. 9 A Toolkit for Victims, Offenders and Practitioners
  12. 10 Future Developments and Implications
  13. Bibliography
  14. Index