TY - BOOK
T1 - Victims, crime and society
AU - Davies, Pamela
AU - Francis, Peter
AU - Greer, Chris
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© SAGE Publications Ltd, 2007.
Copyright:
Copyright 2015 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2007/1/1
Y1 - 2007/1/1
N2 - 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 bibliographyVictims, Crime and Society is the essential text on victims for students of criminology, criminal justice, community safety, youth justice and related areas.
AB - 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 bibliographyVictims, Crime and Society is the essential text on victims for students of criminology, criminal justice, community safety, youth justice and related areas.
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U2 - 10.4135/9781446212202
DO - 10.4135/9781446212202
M3 - Book
AN - SCOPUS:84949802293
SN - 9781412907606
BT - Victims, crime and society
PB - SAGE
ER -