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New Visions of Crime Victims
Hoyle Carolyn
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Description for New Visions of Crime Victims
Hardcover. This innovative collection presents original theoretical analyses and previously unpublished empirical research on criminal victimisation. Editor(s): Hoyle, Carolyn; Young, Richard. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; JFFE; JKV; LNFX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 532. Very good copy in good dustwrappers. DW has light shelf wear, remains a very good copy
This innovative collection presents original theoretical analyses and previously unpublished empirical research on criminal victimisation. Following an overview of the development and deficiencies of victimology,subsequent chapters present more detailed challenges to stereotypical conceptions of victimisation through their focus on: male victims of domestic violence; victims of male-on-male rape; corporate victims; and the 'victim-offenders' who are the recipients of IRA punishment beatings. The second half of the book considers criminal justice responses to victimisation, focusing in particular on the potential of, and limits to, restorative justice, the social (and gendered) construction of the victim within contested trials and the exclusionary nature ... Read more
This innovative collection presents original theoretical analyses and previously unpublished empirical research on criminal victimisation. Following an overview of the development and deficiencies of victimology,subsequent chapters present more detailed challenges to stereotypical conceptions of victimisation through their focus on: male victims of domestic violence; victims of male-on-male rape; corporate victims; and the 'victim-offenders' who are the recipients of IRA punishment beatings. The second half of the book considers criminal justice responses to victimisation, focusing in particular on the potential of, and limits to, restorative justice, the social (and gendered) construction of the victim within contested trials and the exclusionary nature ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Bloomsbury 3PL
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781841132808
SKU
KCW0017571
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Ref
99-1
About Hoyle Carolyn
Dr Carolyn Hoyle is Professor of Criminology at the University of Oxford Centre for Criminological Research and a Fellow of Green College. Richard Young is Professor of Law and Policy at Bristol University.
Reviews for New Visions of Crime Victims
This volume constitutes a stimulating addition to research on crime victims...a fine collection of essays...Hart Publishing have produced yet another beautiful book. Julian V. Roberts Criminology & Criminal Justice Online Vol 4: 103-105; 2004 Hoyle and Young's approach to studying victims of crime is a unique one in that it focuses on those victims who are typically not awarded the ... Read more