TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cox,Pamela
AU  - Shoemaker,Robert Brink
AU  - Shore,Heather
TI  - Victims and criminal justice: a history 
T2  - Clarendon studies in criminology
SN  - 0191938815
U1  - 364.942 
PY  - 2023///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Victims of crimes
KW  - Legal status, laws, etc
KW  - England
KW  - Wales
KW  - Protection
KW  - Law and legislation
KW  - Criminal justice, Administration of
N1  - Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- General Editors Introduction -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Researching the History of Victims -- 1.2 Criminal Prosecutions and Victims at the Old Bailey -- 1.3 Patterns of Prosecutions -- 1.4 Aims and Structure of This Book -- 2. Hidden Victims -- 2.1 Unreported Crime -- 2.2 Reasons Not to Prosecute -- 2.3 Engaging with the Law -- 2.4 Rejected Prosecutions -- 2.5 Sexual Crimes -- 2.6 Conclusion -- 3. From Prosecutors to Victims -- 3.1 Supporting Victims as Prosecutors -- 3.2 Supporting Victims beyond the Prosecution Process -- 3.3 Conclusion -- 4. Public Prosecution -- 4.1 State Prosecution -- 4.2 Police Prosecution -- 4.3 Towards a Public Prosecutor -- 4.4 Conclusion -- 5. Victims at the Old Bailey -- 5.1 The Data and Their Limits -- 5.2 Social Class -- 5.3 Gender -- 5.4 Age -- 5.5 Ethnicity -- 5.6 Institutions -- 5.7 Conclusion -- 6. Trials and Outcomes -- 6.1 The Impact of Counsel -- 6.2 Defendants' Pleas -- 6.3 Verdicts -- 6.4 Punishment Sentences -- 6.5 Conclusion -- 7. Post-war Victims and the Pains of Prosecution -- 7.1 Rape and Sexual Assault -- 7.2 Domestic Violence -- 7.3 'Homosexual' Victims -- 7.4 Racially Aggravated Victimization -- 7.5 Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Datasets -- Bibliography -- Index
N2  - 'Victims and Criminal Justice' examines both the origins and impacts of key legal, procedural, and institutional changes introduced in England and Wales to encourage and govern prosecution. The book explores the ways in which victims' experiences of the process of criminal justice changed dramatically between the late 17th and late 20th centuries
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