Racist Victimization

John Winterdyk lectures in the department of Justice Studies at Mount Royal College, Canada and Georgios Antonopoulos is Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Teesside, UK.

'This work represents a well-balanced and timely foray into an examination of racist victimisation, an area all too often ignored by researchers in the past. The editors have managed to bring together a group of highly-respected international scholars to examine this issue and the result is a volume that is not only empirically rigorous, but also easily lends itself to informing policy and practice.' Jeffrey Pfeifer, University of Regina, Canada 'The chapters in this book make a strong case (from victimological perspectives) for all of us to look beyond (but not ignore) isolated violent incidents to the much wider arenas of social, political and economic relations. Being impressed by the content, however, is not enough. Being stirred to confront racial victimisation would be a true testament to the worth of this vanguard of a global victimology.' Michael O'Connell, Commissioner for Victim's Rights, Melbourne, Australia 'In this timely volume, the editors have convened an international group of researchers to cover the victimization of these groups. Whether Afro-Caribbean, Aboriginal, Black, Asian, Moroccan, Turkish, Chinese, Roma, or Gypsy, the editors state, all these groups have something in common. Namely, they suggest, members of these groups are defi ned in terms of danger, fear, and (national) insecurity and, as a consequence, have been prejudiced and victimized.' Crime Victims Report

• Introduction Racist Victimization: An Introduction, John Winterdyk, Georgios Antonopoulos; Chapter 1 Australia, Nigel Stobbs; Chapter 2 Canada, Jo-Anne Wemmers, Lisette Lafontaine, Louise Viau; Chapter 3 England and Wales, Colin Webster; Chapter 4 France, Sophie Body-Gendrot; Chapter 5 Germany, Hans-Jörg Albrecht; Chapter 6 Greece, Vassiliki Petoussi-Douli; Chapter 7 Japan, Mark Fenwick; Chapter 8 United States of America, Ineke Haen Marshall, Amy Farrell; epilogue Epilogue, John Winterdyk, Georgios Antonopoulos;