RT Article
T1 Stories as property: narrative ownership as a key concept in victims’ experiences with criminal justice
JF Criminology & criminal justice
VO 19
IS 4
SP 404
OP 420
A1 Pemberton, Antony 1975-
A1 Aarten, Pauline G. M.
A1 Mulder, Eva
A2 Aarten, Pauline G. M.
A2 Mulder, Eva
LA English
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1741679982
AB This article offers a novel approach to the difficulties experienced by victims in relation to their social surroundings in general, and to justice processes in particular, by expanding on an emerging paradigm of narrative victimology. For victims, ownership of their narrative is a key element of their experience, but this ownership is contested. The article brings together a body of victimological literature drawn from social and personality psychology, criminology and sociology to illuminate mechanisms underlying possible tensions between victims’ narratives and other perspectives on their ordeal. These tensions are relevant to understanding secondary victimisation in the criminal justice processes, as well as to understanding the strengths and weaknesses of restorative justice as a possible avenue for meeting victims’ needs.
K1 Criminal justice
K1 Narratives
K1 Ownership
K1 Restorative justice
K1 Victims
DO 10.1177/1748895818778320