The title is divided into three sections, namely theory and policy, practice and the future of victimology in South Africa. How should the needs of victims of crime be met by the criminal justice system? Have the rights of victims been neglected in order to ensure that a defendant is brought to 'justice'?
Who are the victims of crime and why are they targeted? This new book examines the theoretical arguments concerning victimization before examining who victims actually are and the measures taken by the criminal justice system to enhance their position. Particular attention is paid to the victimization of women, LGBT persons, minority ethnic persons and the elderly. It also assesses alternative models of victim participation in criminal proceedings in European jurisdictions such as Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands.
Adopting an interdisciplinary approach which encompasses law, criminology and social policy, the book is ideal for undergraduates taking an option in victimology, race and crime, or gender and crime, whatever their disciplinary background.
This well-researched book provides a comparative discourse, along with Afro-centric knowledge, to the body of literature in restorative justice and victimology. The findings that are presented demonstrate the potential benefits of restorative justice to governments and victims who may want to implement and participate in restorative justice.
These include the "community crimino-vigilance," "crimino-econometrics," and "value for money" vfm potentials of restorative justice policy to governments. For some victims of crime, the possibility of getting an answer to the "why me? Perhaps to some victims of crime, restorative justice is not only seen as a model of justice that gives them voice, but also as a "harmony restoration therapy. The success or failure of their efforts in resolving disputes in Africa could strongly be dependent on their knowledge of the core African philosophy of thoughts: cosmology African worldview of conflict, crime, and reconciliation , axiology African values of restoration , ontology African nature and conception of persons , and epistemology source of knowledge for Africans.
State crime victimization often leaves a legacy of unrecognized victims that are ignored, forgotten, or negated the right to be labeled as such. Towards a Victimology of State Crime serves to highlight the forgotten victims, processes and cases of revictimization within a sociological, criminological framework. Contributors include expert scholars of state crime and victimology from North America, Europe, Africa, and Latin America to provide a well-rounded focus that can address and penetrate the issues of victims of state crime.
This includes a diverse number of case study examples of victims of state crime and the systems of control that facilitate or impede addressing the needs of victims. Additionally, with the inclusion of a section on controls, this volume taps into an area that is often overlooked: the international level of social control in relation to a victimology of state criminality. Based on extended anthropological fieldwork, this book illustrates the impact of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in urban African communities in Johannesburg.
The study deepens our understanding of post-apartheid South Africa and the use of human rights discourse. This book examines the international, regional and domestic human rights frameworks that establish victim rights as a central force in law and policy in the twenty-first century. Accessing substantial source material that sets out a normative framework of victim rights, this work argues that despite degrees of convergence, victim rights are interpreted on the domestic level, in accordance with the localised interests of victims and individual states.
The transition of the victim from peripheral to central stakeholder of justice is demonstrated across various adversarial, inquisitorial and hybrid systems in an international context.
Examining the standing of victims globally, this book provides a comparative analysis of the role of the victim in the International Criminal Court, the ad hoc tribunals leading to the development of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, together with the Extraordinary Chambers of the Courts of Cambodia, Special Panels of East Timor Timor Leste , and the Internationalised Panels in Kosovo.
This book organises the authoritative instruments while advancing debate over the positioning of the victim in law and policy, as influenced by global trends in criminal justice, and will be of great interest to scholars of international law, criminal law, victimology and socio-legal studies.
Environmental crime is one of the most profitable and fastest growing areas of international criminal activity. These types of crime, however, do not always produce an immediate consequence, and the harm may be diffused. This new book examines the theoretical arguments concerning victimization before examining who victims actually are and the measures taken by the criminal justice system to enhance their position.
Particular attention is paid to the victimization of women, LGBT persons, minority ethnic persons and the elderly. It also assesses alternative models of victim participation in criminal proceedings in European jurisdictions such as Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands.
Adopting an interdisciplinary approach which encompasses law, criminology and social policy, the book is ideal for undergraduates taking an option in victimology, race and crime, or gender and crime, whatever their disciplinary background.
The findings that are presented demonstrate the potential benefits of restorative justice to governments and victims who may want to implement and participate in restorative justice. These include the "community crimino-vigilance," "crimino-econometrics," and "value for money" vfm potentials of restorative justice policy to governments. Forensic Psychology of Spousal Violence covers the phenomenon of spousal violence and its different forms, discussing the consequences of abuse, providing research tips to be used in the field, including relevant case studies and much more.
The innovative approach of this text fills a void in the current understanding of spousal violence. The book approaches child abuse from both victimization and offender perspectives, offering applied perspectives from experts and practitioners in the field, including discussions on policing, child safety and intelligence.
This is a significant divergence from the literature most commonly provided in the market. Other sections cover psychological, physical abuse, and neglect, protective factors at individual and community levels , recognition, responses, biopsychosocial outcomes dealt with in discrete chapters , public policy, prevention, institutional abuse, children and corrections, treatment, management, and much more.
Approaches child sexual abuse from both victimization and offending perspectives Comprised of both empirical scholarship and applied material from global experts and practitioners Includes significant advances in areas such as disclosure, the neurological effects of child abuse, neuroplasticity, trafficking, and online and virtual child abuse.
Delving into victim involvement in the criminal justice system, the impact of crime on victims, and new directions in victimology and victim assistance, authors Yoshiko Takahashi and Chadley James provide crucial insights and practical applications into the field of victim assistance. With an emphasis on advocacy, intervention, and restoration, this book examines real issues and barriers in the criminal justice system for victims and offers a way forward for future criminal justice or other human service professionals.
Score: 3. Criminal Profiling Author : Brent E. Written from practicing behavioral analysts and aspiring students alike, this work emphasizes an honest understanding of crime and criminals. Newly updated, mechanisms for the examination and classification of both victim and offender behavior have been improved. In addition to refined approaches towards victimology, crime scene analysis, motivation and case linkage, a chapter on sexual deviance has been added as well.
With prior edition in wide use as a primary text in criminal justice, law, criminology, and behavioral science programs around the world, Criminal Profiling, Fourth Edition remains essential for students and professionals alike. Outlines the scientific principles and practice standards of BEA-oriented criminal profiling, with an emphasis on applying theory to real cases. Contributing authors from law enforcement, academic, mental health and forensic science communities provide a balance perspective.
Popular Books. Fear No Evil by James Patterson. Get Books. Jo Goodey offers a broad consideration of victims and victimology, addressing topics relating to the status, needs and understanding of victims of crime. Handbook of Victims and Victimology. 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. Imagining The Victim Of Crime. This has continued with the increase in crime rates since the s and s and in the aftermath of a number of high profile trials.
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