Victims and criminal justice : a history / Pamela Cox, Robert Shoemaker, Heather Shore.
Contributor(s): Shoemaker, Robert Brink [author.] | Shore, Heather [author.]
.Series: Clarendon studies in criminology: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023Edition: First edition.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0191938815; 0192661655; 0192661663.Subject(s): Victims of crimes -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- England | Victims of crimes -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Wales | Victims of crimes -- Protection -- Law and legislation -- England | Victims of crimes -- Protection -- Law and legislation -- Wales | Criminal justice, Administration of -- England | Criminal justice, Administration of -- WalesDDC classification: 364.942 | Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available | |||
| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 364.942 COX (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 023373 |
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.
'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.