New Visions Of Crime Victims

by Carolyn Hoyle, Richard Young

Overview

In an effort to provide "distinctively new" research in victimology, Hoyle and Young (both of the Centre for Criminological Research, U. of Oxford, UK) present eight chapters by emerging and established academics. The contributions can be characterized as having two separate focuses: the challenging of stereotypical notions of the victim and examinations of criminal justice responses. Male victims of domestic violence and rape, victims of corporate crime, and the victims of IRA "punishment beatings" are examined. Concepts of restorative justice and victim participation in the criminal justice system are also explored. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc.,Portland, OR

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781841132808
Publisher:	Hart Publishing (UK)
Publication date:	08/02/2002
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.63(d)

Table of Contents

	Notes on Contributors	xi
1	On Becoming a Victim	1
	Introduction	1
	The Rediscovery of the Victim	5
	Some Limitations of Knowledge about Victims	11
	The Problem of Identity	13
	Conclusion	22
2	Male Victims of Rape: Responses to a Perceived Threat to Masculinity	23
	Introduction	23
	Theoretical and Methodological Limitations of Existing Studies	24
	Generating a Sample	27
	Defining Rape	29
	Developing a Typology of Male Rape	35
	Theoretical Implications	45
3	Victims of Paramilitary Punishment Attacks in Belfast	49
	Introduction	49
	The Hoods: Perpetrators and Victims	54
	The Informal System of Policing and 'Punishment' in West Belfast	59
	The Physical and Psychological Effects of PPAs	63
	Conclusion	68
4	Female-on-Male Domestic Violence: Uncommon or Ignored?	71
	Introduction	71
	The Evidence of Female-on-Male Domestic Violence	72
	Feminist Perspectives on Domestic Abuse	77
	Police Discretion and Organisational Rules	82
	The Study	85
	Conclusions	95
5	Securing Restorative Justice for the 'Non-Participating' Victim	97
	Introduction	97
	Recent Attempts to Integrate Victims into the Criminal Justice System	98
	Therapeutic Benefits to Victims from their Role in Restorative Justice	107
	Challenging Stereotypes	110
	Securing Reparation for Victims	112
	Explaining the Gap	115
	Closing the Gap in Approach: The Question of Rights and Responsibilities	125
	Conclusion: Towards Victim Empowerment	129
6	Testing the Limits of Restorative Justice: The Case of Corporate Victims	133
	Introduction	133
	Crime Against Corporations	136
	Restorative Justice Literature: Keeping Quiet about Big Bad Corporations?	146
	When Harry met Sainsbury's: Critical Reflections on Corporations in Restorative Justice Processes	154
	Conclusion	171
7	The Trial of Rose West: Contesting Notions of Victimhood	173
	Introduction	173
	The Importance of the Victim to the Trial	175
	The Prosecution's Construction of Victims	180
	The Defence's Construction of Victims	189
	Conclusion	195
8	Victim Participation in an Exclusionary Criminal Justice System	197
	Introduction	197
	Victim Participation and the Adversarial System	198
	An Integrated Approach to Criminal Justice	203
	The 'Rights' of Victims in Relation to 'Their' Cases	211
	Conclusion: Social Exclusion v Social Inclusion	221
	Bibliography	223