Towards a Critical Victimology

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Need for a Critical Victimology....Pages 3-26
Front Matter....Pages 27-27
Victims and Victimology: The Facts and the Rhetoric....Pages 29-56
Research Implications of Conflicting Conceptions of Victimology....Pages 57-73
Which Victim Movement? The Politics of Victim Policy....Pages 74-99
The Wrongs of Victim’s Rights....Pages 100-192
Front Matter....Pages 193-193
The Victim’s Role in the Penal Process: A Theoretical Orientation....Pages 195-221
The Victim’s Role in the Penal Process: Recent Developments in California....Pages 222-237
Victim Participation in Sentencing Proceedings....Pages 238-259
The Alleged Molestation Victim, the Rules of Evidence and the Constitution: Should Children Really Be Seen and Not Heard?....Pages 260-291
Front Matter....Pages 293-293
Placebo Justice: Victim Recommendations and Offender Sentences in Sexual Assault Cases....Pages 295-310
The Victim/Offender Reconciliation Programme: A Message to the Correctional Reformers....Pages 311-346
Restitution as Innovation or Unfilled Promise?....Pages 347-371
Community Control, Criminal Justice and Victim Services....Pages 372-397
Front Matter....Pages 399-399
The United Nations Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power: A Constructive Critique....Pages 401-424
Back Matter....Pages 425-433