The Plight of Crime Victims in Modern Society

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Front Matter....Pages i-xiv Front Matter....Pages 1-1 A Comparison of National Crime Surveys....Pages 3-25 Front Matter....Pages 27-27 Victims of Abuse of Power: the David/Goliath Syndrome....Pages 29-73 Victims of Extreme State Terrorism....Pages 74-92 Victims of Terrorism: Dimensions of the Victim Experience....Pages 93-117 Victimization of Canada’s Natives: the Consequences of Socio-Structural Deprivation....Pages 118-138 Front Matter....Pages 139-139 Women as Victims....Pages 141-160 The Victimhood of Battered Women: Psychological and Criminal Justice Perspectives....Pages 161-176 The Child as Victim: Victimological Aspects of Child Abuse....Pages 177-211 Child Abuse and the Courts: Finnish and Swedish Experiences....Pages 212-228 Front Matter....Pages 229-229 Victim-Offender Dynamics in Stranger to Stranger Violence: Robbery and Rape....Pages 231-251 The Needs of Crime Victims....Pages 252-276 Crime Reporting and Services for Victims....Pages 277-288 Front Matter....Pages 289-289 Compensation by Offenders in Canada: a Victim’s Right?....Pages 291-309 Legal Aid to Crime Victims....Pages 310-321 Victim-Witness Programmes....Pages 322-332 Family Violence and Changing Ideologies in Shelter Movement....Pages 333-346 Epilogue: For a Charter of Rights for Crime Victims....Pages 347-357 Back Matter....Pages 358-363