Victimization in a multidisciplinary key: Recent advances in victimology

Selection of papers presented at the World Society of Victimology’s (WSV) 12th International Symposium on Victimology, titled ‘Enhancing the Mission’, has taken place in Orlando (Florida, USA) in August 2006
F.W. Winkel, P.C. Friday, G.F. Kirchhoff, R.M. Letschert (eds.)
Pages: 495 pages
Shipping Weight: 850 gram
Published: 10-2009
Publisher: WLP
Language: US
ISBN (softcover) : 9789058504425

Product Description

Victimization in a multidisciplinary key is relevant for academics and practitioners in the domain of juridical, forensic, criminological and psychological victimology, who share an interest in the current state of the art.

The focus of this edited volume is on four trendsrelating to: the victims’ rights explosion, expanding evidence-based knowledge, role construct revival, and spousal assault vulnerability.

This volume contains contributions Sam Garkawe, Marc Groenhuijsen, Gerd Ferdinand Kirchhoff & Hidemichi Morosawa, Michael O’Connell, Dame Helen Reeves, Armando Saponaro, and many others.