Victims of Crime and Community Justice

Victims of Crime and Community Justice
ISBN-10
1846421519
ISBN-13
9781846421518
Category
Social Science
Pages
176
Language
English
Published
2005-05-15
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Author
Brian Williams

Description

Can a victim's experience really be improved purely by diminishing the rights of offenders and increasing penalties for offending? Writing at a time when the UK is beginning to accept that an offender-led criminal justice system cannot provide direct benefits to the victim of crime, Dr Brian Williams lays bare the assumptions about victims and offenders that currently restrict efficient policy-making. He evaluates proposed solutions, including restorative justice and informal community justice, and draws on evidence and experiences from the UK and around the world to investigate which measures have proved effective and how criminal justice policies might be redressed. This book provides a thorough and comprehensive analysis of the topic for students of criminology and victimology, and is essential reading for practitioners in social work and probation officers.

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