(Ebook) Victims, crime and society by Pamela Davies, Peter Francis, Chris Greer ISBN 9781412907590, 9781849203500, 9781412907606, 1412907594

(Ebook) Victims, crime and society by Pamela Davies, Peter Francis, Chris Greer ISBN 9781412907590, 9781849203500, 9781412907606, 1412907594

Focusing on key issues, themes and concepts within victimology, this edited collection provides an accessable and comprehensive critical analysis of crucial areas within victimisation. The main theories are related to, and integrated with, empirical research in an engaging style.' - Dr Anette Ballinger, Keele University. 'This book achieves the rare feat of helping its readers without patronising them. The aids to the reader - tables, boxes, glossaries, questions, and suggestions for further reading - will prove genuinely helpful to students and their teachers, but they appear within a text th. Read more... Cover; Contents; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Victims, Crime and Society; 2 News Media, Victims and Crime; 3 Social Class, Social Exclusion, Victims and Crime; 4 Victims of White-Collar and Corporate Crime; 5 'Race', Ethnicity, Victims and Crime; 6 Men, Victims and Crime; 7 Women, Victims and Crime; 8 Young People, Victims and Crime; 9 Old Age, Victims and Crime; 10 Criminal (In)Justice for Victims?; Index