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The Plight of Crime Victims in Modern Society

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  • © 1989

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Editors:
  1. Ezzat A. Fattah

    1. Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Prologue On Counting Victims

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. A Comparison of National Crime Surveys

      • Richard Block
      Pages 3-25

  3. On Some Neglected Types of Victimization

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-27
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    2. Victims of Abuse of Power: the David/Goliath Syndrome

      • Ezzat A. Fattah
      Pages 29-73

    3. Victims of Extreme State Terrorism

      • Raymond R. Corrado
      Pages 74-92

    4. Victims of Terrorism: Dimensions of the Victim Experience

      • Edith E. Flynn
      Pages 93-117

    5. Victimization of Canada’s Natives: the Consequences of Socio-Structural Deprivation

      • Curt T. Griffiths, J. Colin Yerbury, Linda F. Weafer
      Pages 118-138

  4. On Women and Children as Victims

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-139
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    2. Women as Victims

      • Laurie Vaughan-Evans, Diane Wood
      Pages 141-160

    3. The Victimhood of Battered Women: Psychological and Criminal Justice Perspectives

      • Donald G. Dutton
      Pages 161-176

    4. The Child as Victim: Victimological Aspects of Child Abuse

      • Ezzat A. Fattah
      Pages 177-211

    5. Child Abuse and the Courts: Finnish and Swedish Experiences

      • Marja Korpilahti
      Pages 212-228

  5. On Response to, and Consequences of, Victimization

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 229-229
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    2. Victim-Offender Dynamics in Stranger to Stranger Violence: Robbery and Rape

      • Richard Block
      Pages 231-251

    3. The Needs of Crime Victims

      • Irvin Waller
      Pages 252-276

    4. Crime Reporting and Services for Victims

      • Eduard Ziegenhagen
      Pages 277-288

  6. On Services for Crime Victims

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 289-289
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    2. Compensation by Offenders in Canada: a Victim’s Right?

      • Ab Thorvaldson
      Pages 291-309

    3. Legal Aid to Crime Victims

      • Susan Hillenbrand
      Pages 310-321
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An examination of the impact of victimization on those who are victimized, their response to the crimes and the services needed for crime victims. It looks at the traditional victims, women and children, as well as some usually neglected groups such as victims of abuse of power and state terrorism.

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  • Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada

    Ezzat A. Fattah

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