The Plight of Crime Victims in Modern Society

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
A Comparison of National Crime Surveys....Pages 3-25
Front Matter....Pages 27-27
Victims of Abuse of Power: the David/Goliath Syndrome....Pages 29-73
Victims of Extreme State Terrorism....Pages 74-92
Victims of Terrorism: Dimensions of the Victim Experience....Pages 93-117
Victimization of Canada’s Natives: the Consequences of Socio-Structural Deprivation....Pages 118-138
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
Women as Victims....Pages 141-160
The Victimhood of Battered Women: Psychological and Criminal Justice Perspectives....Pages 161-176
The Child as Victim: Victimological Aspects of Child Abuse....Pages 177-211
Child Abuse and the Courts: Finnish and Swedish Experiences....Pages 212-228
Front Matter....Pages 229-229
Victim-Offender Dynamics in Stranger to Stranger Violence: Robbery and Rape....Pages 231-251
The Needs of Crime Victims....Pages 252-276
Crime Reporting and Services for Victims....Pages 277-288
Front Matter....Pages 289-289
Compensation by Offenders in Canada: a Victim’s Right?....Pages 291-309
Legal Aid to Crime Victims....Pages 310-321
Victim-Witness Programmes....Pages 322-332
Family Violence and Changing Ideologies in Shelter Movement....Pages 333-346
Epilogue: For a Charter of Rights for Crime Victims....Pages 347-357
Back Matter....Pages 358-363