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Victimology

Research, Policy and Activism

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  • © 2020

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Editors:
  1. Jacki Tapley

    1. University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK

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  2. Pamela Davies

    1. Department of Social Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

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  • Speaks to upper undergraduates and above, as well as to criminal justice practitioners, with case studies for discussion
  • Encourages critical thinking about victims of crime and social harm and how to effect change
  • Examines how victims are understood, represented and incorporated across the criminal justice system and society
  • Captures the newest developments in the dynamic victimology space, following changes in policy and politics
  • Discusses how activism has greatly contributed to growth of the Victimology discipline
  • Analyses how victimology, theories, and research inform policies and professional practice

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Victimology: A Conversion of Narratives

    • Jacki Tapley, Pamela Davies
    Pages 1-16

  3. Violence Against Women and Girls: Feminist Activism and Resistance

    • Clare Wiper, Ruth Lewis
    Pages 17-44

  4. Victim Blaming, Responsibilization and Resilience in Online Sexual Abuse and Harassment

    • Lisa Sugiura, April Smith
    Pages 45-79

  5. Gender-Based Violence: Victims, Activism and Namibia’s Dual Justice Systems

    • Kate Mukungu, Ndumba J. Kamwanyah
    Pages 81-114

  6. Bereaved Family Activism

    • Elizabeth A. Cook
    Pages 115-134

  7. Feminist Framings of Victim Advocacy in Criminal Justice Contexts

    • Michele Burman, Oona Brooks-Hay
    Pages 135-157

  8. From Invisible to Conspicuous: The Rise of Victim Activism in the Politics of Justice

    • Nicola O’Leary, Simon Green
    Pages 159-183

  9. Disablist Hate Crime: A Scar on the Conscience of the Criminal Justice System?

    • Jemma Tyson
    Pages 185-212

  10. Politics, Policies and Professional Cultures: Creating Space for a Victim Perspective in the Crown Prosecution Service

    • Jacki Tapley
    Pages 213-245

  11. Police and Crime Commissioners and Victim Service Commissioning: From Activism to Marketisation?

    • Matthew Hall
    Pages 247-275

  12. Partnerships and Activism: Community Safety, Multi-agency Partnerships and Safeguarding Victims

    • Pamela Davies
    Pages 277-299

  13. Environmental Victims and Climate Change Activists

    • Valeria Vegh Weis, Rob White
    Pages 301-319

  14. From Cinderella to Consumer: How Crime Victims Can Go to the Ball

    • Edna Erez, Jize Jiang, Kathy Laster
    Pages 321-357

  15. A Theory of Injustice and Victims’ Participation in Criminal Processes

    • Antony Pemberton
    Pages 359-379

  16. Conclusion: Understanding Victimisation and Effecting Social Change

    • Pamela Davies, Jacki Tapley
    Pages 381-408
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About this book

This book explores what victimology, as both an academic discipline and an activist movement, has achieved since its initial conception in the 1940s, from a variety of experts’ perspectives. Focussing on nine, dynamic and contemporary case studies covering topics like violence against women and girls, bereaved family activism, and environmental victims and climate change activists, each chapter critically examines how different crime victims have been politicised and explores the impact of victim-centred reforms upon criminal justice professional cultures. This book comprehensively and critically examines the historical, social and political factors, including the work of activists, that have shaped the development of theories, policies and reforms in this field, including how victimhood has come to be understood and responded to. The chapters also consider the future developments of this area, including how digital technologies are creating new forms and experiences of victimisation.Speaking to undergraduates, postgraduates and professionals in criminal justice and third sector organisations, this book discusses the links between theory, policy and professional practice and how they contribute to and facilitate debates regarding what the role of crime victims is in a 21st century criminal justice system. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK

    Jacki Tapley

  • Department of Social Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

    Pamela Davies

About the editors

Jacki Tapley is Principal Lecturer of Criminology at the University of Portsmouth, UK. She specialises in teaching and undertaking research focussing on victims of crime, and the development, implementation and evaluation of victim-centred policies and legislation. 

Pamela Davies is Professor of Criminology at the University of Northumbria, UK. Pam has longstanding research interests in the area of social harm and victimisation with a particular focus on how, where and when gender matters.

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