Victimology: The victim and the criminal justice process

Victims of crime and the way in which they are treated in society generally is the subject of this text, which examines the contributions of victim-related research and criminal victimization surveys in order to be able to provide the reader with a critical assessment of the issues involved. In particular the author pays detailed attention to the victimization of children and victimization by corporations. The political responses from right and left of the political spectrum provide the backcloth against which the theoretical, methodological and policy questions raised by the text are considered.

Victimology: The Victim and the Criminal Justice Process

Politics & Social Sciences

Walklate,Sandra

Social Sciences

Unwin Hyman

Gender and Crime is a new textbook designed to introduce students to issues of gender in crime and criminal justice. It deals with a wide range of topics, looking at both offenders and victims, the workings of the criminal justice and penal systems and the social context for crime. These issues are examined with reference to the recent debates on masculinity as well as those relating to women and crime.In conclusion, the book reviews the significance of gender in crime.Gender and Crime is a timely re-examination of gender and criminal justice written in a style and format accessible to students of criminology, the sociology of crime and deviance, gender studies, social policy and police studies.

Gender and Crime: An Introduction

PRENTICE/HALL

This text offers a critical overview of the criminological enterprise since the late 1970s. The author is concerned to identify the continuities underpinning criminological theory and to situate these continuities within a contemporary criminological and political context. She offers the student an in-depth appreciation of criminological theorizing, paying particular attention to left realism, right realism and the influence of feminism. An exploration is also undertaken of the interface between the substansive concerns of criminological and social policy. Drawing on a critical understanding of current political concerns about crime, Walklate sets out a framework for the future development of criminological work informed by the notions of social justice, risk and trust.

Understanding Criminology: Current Theoretical Debates (Crime and Justice Series)

Open Univ Pr

Understanding Criminology: Current Theoretical Debates (Crime and Justice)

This substantially revised and updated text provides the student with an accessible understanding of the current nature of criminological theory. Its main focus is on development in criminological theorising over the past twenty five years paying particular attention to 'right realism', 'left realism' and developments arising from the influence of theorising around gender. The relationship of criminological theory and knowledge to current policy agendas is given particular attention in this second edition, and a key concern of the text is to paint a picture for the student of the complex interplay between criminology, criminal justice, social justice and politics. The author concludes by offering an insight into some of the theoretical concerns that might better inform the future development of criminological theory. In all, this represents an ideal theoretical text for students of criminology and trainees in criminal justice, including clear summaries, an expanded glossary and suggestions for

Understanding Criminology (Crime Andjustice)

Open University Press

Emphasizing the development of criminological theory over the past 25 years, Walklate (sociology, Manchester Metropolitan University) treats the nature of criminological theory, paying particular attention to right realism, left realism, and developments arising from the influence of theorizing around gender. The relationship of criminological theory and knowledge to policy agendas is stressed in this second edition. The book is distributed by Taylor &amp; Francis. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Understanding Criminology: Current Theoretical Debates (Crime Andjustice)

Imagining the Victim of Crime

"...the clarity in which the wide range of relevant issues are presented throughout the book makes this must-reading for new entrants to this field and for students." International Review of Victimology This book situates the contemporary preoccupation with criminal victimisation within the broader socio-cultural changes of the last twenty five years. In so doing it addresses not only the policy possibilities that have been generated as a consequence of those changes but also concerns itself with the ability of victimology to help make sense of this change. Written in the post 9/11 context this book considers the efficacy of theory and policy relating to questions of victimhood to accommodate the current political and cultural climate and offers a critical understanding of both. It adopts an explicitly cross-cultural position on these questions. It will be vital reading for anyone interested in the problems and possibilities posed by criminal victimisation understood in the broadest terms.

Imagining The Victim Of Crime

Beyond the Risk Society

In contemporary culture risk is ubiquitous, filtering through a range of activities, practices and experiences. In line with rising public concerns about the management of current threats - such as crime, terrorism and global warming -interest in risk has gathered momentum in the social sciences, galvanized by Ulrich Beck’s risk society thesis. 
 Bringing together cutting edge academics and researchers, Beyond the Risk Society provides an understanding of the relevance and impact of the concept of risk in various subject areas. Contributions by domain experts critically evaluate the way in which theoretical risk perspectives have influenced their fields of interest, offering the opportunity to reflect upon the problems and possibilities for future work on risk. In assembling this collection, the editors propose a holistic and trans-disciplinary approach to understanding the nature and consequences of risk in everyday life.
 This text is key reading for social sciences students in a range of disciplines, including sociology, criminology, cultural studies, media studies, psychology and social policy.
 Contributors: Alison Anderson, Rob Flynn, Jane Franklin, Hazel Kemshall, Deborah Lupton, Phil Macnaghten, Jim McGuigan, Peter McMylor, Gabe Mythen, Pat O'Malley, Teela Sanders, Steve Tombs, Sandra Walklate, Dave Whyte, Iain Wilkinson.

Beyond the Risk Society: Critical Reflections on Risk and Human Security

Mythen,Gabe

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