New Visions of Crime Victims

by Carolyn Hoyle, Richard Young

Overview

This innovative collection presents original theoretical and empirical research on criminal victimization. The first part of the book challenges stereotypical conceptions of victimization, focusing on non-traditional victims of crime, such as male victims of domestic violence, victims of male-on-male rape, institutional victims and the "victim-offenders" who are recipients of IRA punishment beatings. The second part of the volume considers criminal justice responses to victimization. Chapters examine the perspectives of victims who become involved in court, probation and restorative processes. This book will further debate on how we conceptualize victims and their appropriate role in the criminal justice system.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781841132808
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	08/14/2002
Edition description:	UK ed.
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

Dr Carolyn Hoyle is Professor of Criminology at the University of Oxford Centre for Criminological Research and a Fellow of Green College.
Richard Young is Professor of Law and Policy at Bristol University.

Table of Contents

	Notes on Contributors	xi
1	On Becoming a Victim	1
	Introduction	1
	The Rediscovery of the Victim	5
	Some Limitations of Knowledge about Victims	11
	The Problem of Identity	13
	Conclusion	22
2	Male Victims of Rape: Responses to a Perceived Threat to Masculinity	23
	Introduction	23
	Theoretical and Methodological Limitations of Existing Studies	24
	Generating a Sample	27
	Defining Rape	29
	Developing a Typology of Male Rape	35
	Theoretical Implications	45
3	Victims of Paramilitary Punishment Attacks in Belfast	49
	Introduction	49
	The Hoods: Perpetrators and Victims	54
	The Informal System of Policing and 'Punishment' in West Belfast	59
	The Physical and Psychological Effects of PPAs	63
	Conclusion	68
4	Female-on-Male Domestic Violence: Uncommon or Ignored?	71
	Introduction	71
	The Evidence of Female-on-Male Domestic Violence	72
	Feminist Perspectives on Domestic Abuse	77
	Police Discretion and Organisational Rules	82
	The Study	85
	Conclusions	95
5	Securing Restorative Justice for the 'Non-Participating' Victim	97
	Introduction	97
	Recent Attempts to Integrate Victims into the Criminal Justice System	98
	Therapeutic Benefits to Victims from their Role in Restorative Justice	107
	Challenging Stereotypes	110
	Securing Reparation for Victims	112
	Explaining the Gap	115
	Closing the Gap in Approach: The Question of Rights and Responsibilities	125
	Conclusion: Towards Victim Empowerment	129
6	Testing the Limits of Restorative Justice: The Case of Corporate Victims	133
	Introduction	133
	Crime Against Corporations	136
	Restorative Justice Literature: Keeping Quiet about Big Bad Corporations?	146
	When Harry met Sainsbury's: Critical Reflections on Corporations in Restorative Justice Processes	154
	Conclusion	171
7	The Trial of Rose West: Contesting Notions of Victimhood	173
	Introduction	173
	The Importance of the Victim to the Trial	175
	The Prosecution's Construction of Victims	180
	The Defence's Construction of Victims	189
	Conclusion	195
8	Victim Participation in an Exclusionary Criminal Justice System	197
	Introduction	197
	Victim Participation and the Adversarial System	198
	An Integrated Approach to Criminal Justice	203
	The 'Rights' of Victims in Relation to 'Their' Cases	211
	Conclusion: Social Exclusion v Social Inclusion	221
	Bibliography	223

Editorial Reviews

"This volume constitutes a stimulating addition to research on crime victims...a fine collection of essays...Hart Publishing have produced yet another beautiful book." --Criminology & Criminal Justice Online, Vol 4: 103-105

"Hoyle and Young's approach to studying victims of crime is a unique one in that it focuses on those victims who are typically not awarded the status of victim...Hoyle and Young present an array of original works..." --Criminal Justice Review, Vol 30-1

"This is a stimulating and well-presented book." --Restorative Justice Online

"...it will be a valuable asset to victimologists and academic libraries because it includes so many challenges to conventional wisdom." --British Society of Criminology Newsletter

"The book succeeds in its goal of introducing 'new voices', both in terms of the topics as well as the authors." --Howard Journal of Criminal Justice

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