NCJ Number
169474
Editor(s)
C Sumner,
M Israel,
M O'Connell,
R Sarre
Date Published
1996
Length
368 pages
Annotation
This volume contains selected papers from the 8th International Symposium on Victimology held in Adelaide, South Australia, August 21 to 26, 1994.
Abstract
The nexus between theoretical and practical victimology is an important theme of this volume of papers. Symposium participants debated and discussed, among other topics: victim impact statements and compensation; victimization in families; gender bias in the legal system; the victims of war in Bosnia; victims of human rights abuses in the former South Africa; and research findings and practical programs being conducted around the world. The volume is divided into sections concerning: (1) Power, Politics and Victimization (victimology's ability to work with and for the victims of abuses of power); (2) Victim Surveys and Methodology (the themes which attend the process of undertaking research on victimization and outcomes of selected national and international victim surveys); (3) Victims, Offenders and the Criminal Justice System (the extent to which victims should be involved in the criminal process); and (4) Serving Victims (victims' services, criminal injuries compensation, professional service providers, prevention and restoration). References, notes, figures, tables, bibliography, index