基本説明
Organized around the intersecting social divisions of class, race, age and gender, this book provides an engaging authoritative overview of the nature of victimization in society.
Full Description
'Focusing on key issues, themes and concepts within victimology, this edited collection provides an accessible and comprehensive critical analysis of crucial areas within victimisation. The main theories are related to, and integrated with, empirical research in an engaging style.' - Dr Anette Ballinger, Keele University 'This book achieves the rare feat of helping its readers without patronising them. The aids to the reader - tables, boxes, glossaries, questions, and suggestions for further reading - will prove genuinely helpful to students and their teachers, but they appear within a text that is theoretically informed as well as comprehensive and up to date in its coverage. It deserves to be widely read and used in the teaching of criminology, victimology, and criminal justice' - Professor David Smith, University of Lancaster, UK. Organized around the intersecting social divisions of class, race, age and gender, the book provides an engaging and authoritative overview of the nature of victimisation in society.In addition to a review of the major theoretical developments in relation to understanding aspects of victimization in society, individual chapters explore the political and social context of victimisation and the historical, comparative and contemporary research and scholarly work on it. Each chapter includes the following: - Background and glossary - Theory, research and policy review - 'Thinking critically about...' sections - Reflections and future research directions - Summary and conclusions - Annotated bibliography Victims, Crime and Society is the essential text on victims for students of criminology, criminal justice, community safety, youth justice and related areas.
Contents
Victims, Crime and Society - Pamela Davies, Peter Francis and Chris Greer News Media, Victims and Crime - Chris Greer Social Class, Social Exclusion, Victims and Crime - Hazel Croall Victims of White Collar and Corporate Crime - Hazel Croall 'Race', Ethnicity, Victims and Crime - Peter Francis Men, Victims and Crime - Sandra Walklate Women, Victims and Crime - Pamela Davies Young People, Victims and Crime - Peter Francis Old Age, Victims and Crime - Azrini Wahidin and Jason Powell Criminal (In)justice for Victims? - Pamela Davies
