State payments to victims of violent crime: discretion and bias in awards for sexual offences
State monetary schemes for victims of violent crime began in the 1960s and operate in 35 countries today, yet knowledge is lacking on who is applying, how decisions are reached, variation in awards and why amounts may differ. Analysing 291 sexual offence cases in Queensland, we ask whether awards di...
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| Language: | English |
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2019
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The British journal of criminology
Year: 2019, Volume: 59, Issue: 5, Pages: 1099–1118 |
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (Resolving-System) |
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