Abstract:The chapters of the book take the reader through a structured introduction from the broadly theoretical origins of victims as a discrete site of academic interest to the emergence of the victim as powerful subject of political conjecture and now, as a subject of rights and powers in systems in justice increasingly ready to provide victims means of participation or standing in justice processes. The chapters are logically ordered and supply ideal context and discussion for teaching use, enhanced with supplement… Show more
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