Constructing Victims' Rights: The Home Office, New Labour, and Victims

by Paul Rock

Overview

Based upon extensive observation, primary papers, and interviews, Paul Rock examines changes in the forms of criminal justice policy-making within the New Labour Government, observing how they shaped political representations and activities centred on victims of crime. He reveals how the issues of new managerialism, restorative justice, human rights, race and racism , and the treatment of rape victims form a critical mass that required ordering and reconstruction.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199275496
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	12/09/2004
Series:	Clarendon Studies in Criminology
Pages:	624
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 5.50(h) x 1.50(d)

About the Author

Paul Rock is Professor of Social Institutions at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Table of Contents

PrefaceAcknowledgements1. Prelude: Crime and Victims at the Turn of the Century2. The Home Office at the Turn of the Century3. Committees4. The Victim as Consumer5. The Victim and Human Rights6. The Victim and Compensation7. The Victim and Reparation8. The Vulnerable or Intimidated Victim9. The Victim and Race10. Consummation11. ConclusionIndex

Editorial Reviews

"The text provides no quick or easy answers, but thorough background on how and why victims' rights evolved as they did in the UK."—The Law and Politics Book Review

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