When ‘ideal victim’ meets ‘criminalised other’: Criminal records and the denial of victimisation

This article critically examines the restrictions on access to statutory compensation in Great Britain for victims of serious crime with criminal records. Drawing on original analysis of Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority transparency data it reveals the scale of the denial of victimisation as...

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Authors: Bradford-Clarke, Lauren (Author) ; Davies, Rhiannon (Author) ; Henley, Andrew (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
In: Probation journal
Year: 2022, Volume: 69, Issue: 3, Pages: 353-372
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Keywords:
Blameworthiness
Compensation
Collateral consequences
Victims
less eligibility
Criminal records
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Summary:This article critically examines the restrictions on access to statutory compensation in Great Britain for victims of serious crime with criminal records. Drawing on original analysis of Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority transparency data it reveals the scale of the denial of victimisation as a so-called ‘collateral consequence of a criminal record’. The policy is then critiqued on the basis that it reproduces the problematic social construction of the ‘ideal victim’, delineates people with criminal records as subaltern citizens and gives rise to harmful secondary victimisation of applicants whose criminal records are often unrelated to their victimisation event.
ISSN:1741-3079
DOI:10.1177/02645505221095068