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Crime, Victims and Policy

International Contexts, Local Experiences

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  • © 2015

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Editors:
  1. Dean Wilson

    1. University of Sussex, UK

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  2. Stuart Ross

    1. University of Melbourne, Australia

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Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Victims and Victimology (PSVV)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Stuart Ross, Dean Wilson
    Pages 1-9

  3. Decolonising Indigenous Victimisation

    • Chris Cunneen, Simone Rowe
    Pages 10-32

  4. Environmental Victimology and Ecological Justice

    • Rob White
    Pages 33-52

  5. Victimisation, Citizenship and Gender: Interrogating State Responses

    • Marie Segrave, Rebecca Powell
    Pages 53-83

  6. Justice for Rape Victims? The Spirit May Sound Willing, but the Flesh Remains Weak

    • Jan Jordan
    Pages 84-106

  7. Competing Conceptions of Victims of Domestic Violence within Legal Processes

    • Julie Stubbs, Jane Wangmann
    Pages 107-132

  8. Care Bears and Crime-Fighters: Police Operational Styles and Victims of Crime

    • Dean Wilson, Marie Segrave
    Pages 133-160

  9. Victim Impact Statements, Sentencing and Contemporary Standards of Fairness in the Courtroom

    • Tracey Booth
    Pages 161-183

  10. Satisfied? Exploring Victims’ Justice Judgments

    • Robyn Holder
    Pages 184-213

  11. Victims in the Australian Criminal Justice System: Principles, Policy and (Distr)action

    • Stuart Ross
    Pages 214-239

  12. The Evolution of Victims’ Rights and Services in Australia

    • Michael O’Connell
    Pages 240-277

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 279-284
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This book provides critically examines how recent international developments in victims theory and policy are experienced within specific local contexts. The chapters approach key criminological issues including the experience of criminal justice agencies, policy formulation, the construction of victim identities and the 'discovery' of new victims.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Sussex, UK

    Dean Wilson

  • University of Melbourne, Australia

    Stuart Ross

About the editors

Tracey Booth, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. Chris Cunneen, University of New South Wales, Australia. Robyn Holder, Griffith University, Australia. Jan Jordan, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Michael O'Connell, Commissioner for Victims' Rights, South Australia. Rebecca Powell, Border Crossing Observatory, Monash University, Australia. Stuart Ross, University of Melbourne, Australia. Simone Rowe, University of New South Wales, James Cook University, Australia. Marie Segrave, Monash University, Australia. Julie Stubbs, University of New South Wales, Australia. Jane Wangmann, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. Rob White, University of Tasmania, Australia. Dean Wilson, Plymouth University, UK.

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