Critical Victimology

Sandra Walklate has been Eleanor Rathbone Chair of Sociology at the University of Liverpool since 2006, a post she currently holds concurrently with a Chair of Criminology at Monash University in Australia. She is internationally recognised for her work in victimology most recently focusing on gender and violence; an area in which she has an extensive publishing record. She is a Visiting Professor at City University, London, an adjunct professor at QUT in Brisbane and a research associate at the Violence Research Centre at the University of West Virginia in the US.

`A fairly thorough comparison of victim-related policies and the meaning of the ′victims′ movement′ in various countries - with special attention to the US and British experience - is arguably the most valuable contribution of this work.′ - Choice`Critical victimology, like critical criminology, insists on the need to include the social and political context in which crime takes place; Mawby and Walklate have provided a useful introduction′ - British Society of Criminology Newsletter`This useful and accessible book provides a more sophisticated and refined understanding of victim issues in the contemporary criminal justice system than has been available hitherto, and should be essential reading for anyone who wants to take practice and policy forward.... this book will leave you better informed about issues of pressing political significance′ - LCCJ Newsletter

• Perspectives on VictimologyCrime and its ImpactThe Place of the Victim in Non-Western SocietiesThe `Rebirth′ of the Victim as a Significant ActorImmediate Help for the Victims of CrimeVictims, Courts and CompensationDeveloping an Appreciation of the VictimLooking to `Eastern Europe′The Principles of a Critical VictimologyConclusionQuestions for Policy?