Victims, Crime and Society

Organized around the intersecting social divisions of class, race, age and gender, the book provides an engaging and authoritative overview of the nature of victimisation in society. In addition to a review of the major theoretical developments in relation to understanding aspects of victimization i...

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Authors: Davies, Pamela 1962- (Author) ; Greer, Chris (Author) ; Francis, Peter 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: 2007
In:Year: 2007
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Summary:Organized around the intersecting social divisions of class, race, age and gender, the book provides an engaging and authoritative overview of the nature of victimisation in society. In addition to a review of the major theoretical developments in relation to understanding aspects of victimization in society, individual chapters explore the political and social context of victimisation and the historical, comparative and contemporary research and scholarly work on it
DOI:10.4135/9781446212202.n1