Canadian victims of crime
Subtitle: critical insights
By: J. Scott Kenney
Publisher: Canadian Scholars' Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9781551303611
Subjects: Victims of crimes; Textbooks
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The impact of crime; title: Victimization and victim identity; title: Dimensions of impact and their rhetorics; title: Social dynamics in the wake of crime; title: Social reactions and victim labelling; title: Gender roles and grief cycles in homicide cases; title: Human agency revisited : the paradox of victims; title: Victims and legal institutions; title: Victims' legal position; title: Victims in the criminal justice process; title: Encounters with the justice system and victim claims; title: Homicide survivors' experiences; title: Emotion and the rise of the victim's right movement; title: Neglected victims; title: Political opportunities, mobilizing resources, and resonant frames; title: What happened to emotions?; title: Emotions and social movements; title: Policy responses; title: The civil courts; title: Criminal injuries compensation board programs; title: Victims' Bill of Rights; title: Victim impact statements; title: Provincial victims' services programs; title: Victim support-advocacy organizations; title: Women's shelters and community outreach services; title: Restorative justice; title: Restorative justice and is discontents; title: Restorative justice as it happens; title: International comparisons; title: De Facto and De Jure treatment of victims : Canada versus Columbia (with Alfredo Schulte-Bockholt); title: Methodological considerations; title: Comparative data on violence, victimization, and institutional processing; title: Conclusion; title: Common threads; title: ongoing changes; title: Future research; title: A personal coda.