Abstract
Chapter Aims:
To provide an overview of the major landmarks in connection with victim assistance.
To offer a critique of the victim's role and victim's participation in criminal justice policy-making and the practical administration of justice.
To draw attention to some of the social inequalities and criminal (in)justices that some victims experience.
To illustrate conflicts of interests, difficulties and tensions in accommodating victims needs.
To provide an overview of the major landmarks in connection with victim assistance.
To offer a critique of the victim's role and victim's participation in criminal justice policy-making and the practical administration of justice.
To draw attention to some of the social inequalities and criminal (in)justices that some victims experience.
To illustrate conflicts of interests, difficulties and tensions in accommodating victims needs.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Victims, Crime and Society |
| Publisher | SAGE |
| Chapter | 10 |
| Pages | 251-278 |
| Number of pages | 28 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781446212202 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781412907606 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2007 |