1 Introduction: The rediscovery of the crime victim&John Pointing and Mike Maguire

PART ONE VICTIMS IN BRITAIN: THE PROBLEM AND THE RESPONSE

2 Origins of victims support philosophy and practice&Christopher Holtom and Peter Raynor

3 The value and limitations of Victims Support Schemes&Claire Corbett and Mike Maguire

4 Hidden violence against women&Elizabeth A. Stanko

5 Volunteer-based services to rape victims: some recent developments&Claire Corbett and Kathy Hobdell

6 Feminist responses to sexual abuse: the work of the Birmingham　Rape Crisis Centre&Anna T

7 Reactions to rape: effects, counselling and the role of health professionals&Gillian Mezey

8 Children as victims&Jane Morgan

9 Racial attacks and racial harassment: lessons from a local project&Jane Cooper and Jones Pomeyie

10 Multiple victimization&Hazel Genn

11 Age, vulnerability and the impact of crime&R. I. Mawby

PART TWO THE POLITICS OF VICTIMIZATION

12 Ideological trends within the victims movement: an international perspective&Jan van Do'k

13 Victims' needs or victims' rights: alternative approaches to policymaking&R. I. Mawby

14 Prosecuting child sexual abuse: a challenge to the status quo&Zsuzsanna Adler

15 The 'victim movement' and legal reform&Peter Duff

16 The British Crime Survey: origins and impact&Pal Mayhew and Mike Hough

17 Risk of crime and fear of crime: a realist critique of survey-based assumptions&Jock Young

18 Ideologies, political parties, and victims of crime&Alan Phipps

19 Fiefs and peasants: accomplishing change for victims in the criminal justice system&Joanna Shapland

20 International standards, national trail blazing, and the next steps Irvin Waller Afterword&Helen Reeves, Director, NAVSS

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