Victims and Victimology Books

New and Published Books

1. A Restorative Justice Reader

   2nd Edition

   Edited by Gerry Johnstone

   A Restorative Justice Reader brings together carefully chosen extracts from the most important and influential contributions to the literature of restorative justice, accompanying these with an informative commentary providing context and explanation. It includes works by both well known advocates...

   Published December 17th 2012 by Willan
2. Victimology (Routledge Revivals)

   The Victim and the Criminal Justice Process

   By Sandra Walklate

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1989, this book provides a comprehensive introduction to the study of the victims of crime and the way in which they are treated in society generally, and in the criminal justice process in particular. The study of victims of crime is important to academics, the wider community...

   Published December 16th 2012 by Routledge
3. Understanding Criminal Justice

   A Critical Introduction

   By Azrini Wahidin, Nicola Carr

   Few subjects provoke as much public fascination and political concern as crime, criminality, criminology, and criminal justice policy and practice. Understanding Criminal Justice seeks to provide students with a critical introduction to the range of theoretical, policy and operational issues faced...

   Published December 13th 2012 by Routledge
4. Sexually Motivated Crimes

   Understanding the Profile of the Sex Offender and Applying Theory to Practice

   By Janet R. Oliva

   In cases where minimal or no physical evidence exists, behavioral evidence may be all that investigators have available to help them focus the investigation. It may be the only aspect of the case that can link one unsolved case to another, or to numerous other unsolved cases. Sexually Motivated...

   Published December 11th 2012 by CRC Press
5. Strengthening Systems to Prevent Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence

   Edited by Pat Conway, Pamela Cox, Patricia Cook-Craig, Sandra Ortega, Theresa Armstead

   Over the past 25 years, developing coordinated responses to intimate partner violence and sexual violence has improved both perpetrator accountability, and victim safety and self-determination. However, preventing intimate partner violence and sexual violence from occurring is beyond the ability of...

   Published December 5th 2012 by Routledge
6. Sanctuary Practices in International Perspectives

   Migration, Citizenship and Social Movements

   Edited by Randy Lippert, Sean Rehaag

   Sanctuary Practices in International Perspectives examines the diverse, complex, and mutating practice of providing sanctuary to asylum-seekers. The ancient tradition of church sanctuary underwent a revival in the late 1970s. Immigrants living without legal status and their supporters, first in the...

   Published September 30th 2012 by Routledge
7. Policing Global Movement

   Tourism, Migration, Human Trafficking, and Terrorism

   Edited by S. Caroline Taylor, Daniel Joseph Torpy, Dilip K. Das

   The movement of humans across borders is increasing exponentially—some for benign reasons, others nefarious, including terrorism, human trafficking, and people smuggling. Consequently, the policing of human movement within and across borders has been and remains a significant concern to nations....

   Published September 23rd 2012 by CRC Press
8. Investigating Missing Children Cases

   A Guide for First Responders and Investigators

   By Donald F. Sprague

   Time is an abducted child’s worst enemy. Seventy-four percent of abducted children who are murdered are killed within three hours of their abduction. It takes, on the average, two hours for a parent to report a child missing. This gives responders only one hour to get an investigation up and...

   Published September 17th 2012 by CRC Press
9. Disability, Hate Crime and Violence

   Edited by Alan Roulstone, Hannah Mason-Bish

   Series: Routledge Advances in Disability Studies

   This book provides a comprehensive and interdisciplinary examination of disability, hate crime and violence, exploring its emergence on the policy agenda. Engaging with the latest debates in criminology, disability and violence studies, it goes beyond conventional notions of hate crime to look at...

   Published June 11th 2012 by Routledge
10. Hearing the Victim

    Adversarial Justice, Crime Victims and the State

    Edited by Anthony Bottoms, Julian Roberts

    Series: Cambridge Criminal Justice Series

    In recent years far more attention has been paid to victims of crime both in terms of awareness of the effect of crime upon their lives, and in changes that have been made to the criminal justice system to improve their rights and treatment. This process seems set to continue, with legislative...

    Published May 16th 2012 by Routledge