Child Victims

Crime, Impact, and Criminal Justice

Häftad, Engelska, 1992

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Beskrivning

Child Victims explores the range and extent of crimes committed against children and assesses their impact. The testimony of over two hundred children gives voice, for the first time, to their experiences, their views, and their needs. It examines how children attain the status of `victims' in the criminal justice system. Drawing on recent research findings, the authors examine each stage of the legal process that a child encounters, from the initial reporting of the offence, through police investigation, to the trial itself. They contrast the specialist response to victims of child sexual abuse with the experience of children who are victims of other crimes, thrust into an adult system which takes little account of their needs. Child Victims concludes by examining the role of support services and agencies dealing with child victims, and makes a number of key recommendations for future policy.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1992-03-19
Mått:137 x 216 x 14 mm
Vikt:302 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:218
Förlag:Clarendon Press
ISBN:9780198257004

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Mer om författaren

Jane Morgan, who died in the summer of 1992, was the author of Conflict and Order: The Police and Labour Disputes in England and Wales 1900-1939 (Clarendon Press, 1987) and co-author (with her husband, famous OUP author Kenneth O. Morgan) of Portrait of a Progressive: The Political Career of Christopher, Viscount Addison (Clarendon Press 1980).Lucia Zedner is the author of Women, Crime, and Custody in Victorian England (Clarendon Press, 1991).

Recensioner i media

'This important book should be read by every magistrate (and judge) concerned with the criminal justice system. It is lucid, well-written and very thought-provoking.'Allan Levy, Q.C., The Magistrate, June 1992

Innehållsförteckning

Introducing child victims - the problem of child abuse; children as victims of other crime - the evidence; the impact of crime on children; police policies and practices; policing - the experiences of child victims; the child victim, the prosecution process and the court; the social and welfare agencies - provision and response.

Häftad

233 kr