Victimology : victimisation and victims' rights

Author:Lorraine Wolhuter

Print Book, English, 2016

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Publisher:Routledge-Cavendish, [Place of publication not identified], 2016

Physical Description:p. cm.

ISBN:

9781138147324, 113814732X

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:953424223

Subjects:

Opferschutz

Viktimologie

Contents:

1. Introduction Part 1: Victimology and Victimization 2. Theories of Victimology 3. Victimization 4. Women Victims - Domestic Terror and Female Victimization 5. Victims from Minority Ethnic Groups 6. LGBT and Elderly Victims Part 2: Legal Responses to Victimization 7. The Development of a Legal Right's Discourse 8. Support and Assistance 9. Information, Respect and Recognition, and Protection 10. Victim Participation 11. Victim Compensation 12. Victims and Restorative Justice 13. Rights of Victims from Socially Disadvantaged Groups 14. Conclusion - A Victims' Rights Model for the Criminal Process