This book is an examination of the evolution of Government policies toward victims of crime in the United Kingdom, and follows the author's "View from the Shadows", which looked at official responses to the victims' movement in Canada. It attempts a fourfold task: to show how central institutions fostered what the Home Office came to regard as significant policies for victims of crime in England and Wales; to use those examples of policy-making to scout the topography of the criminal justice system; to make comparisons ...
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This book is an examination of the evolution of Government policies toward victims of crime in the United Kingdom, and follows the author's "View from the Shadows", which looked at official responses to the victims' movement in Canada. It attempts a fourfold task: to show how central institutions fostered what the Home Office came to regard as significant policies for victims of crime in England and Wales; to use those examples of policy-making to scout the topography of the criminal justice system; to make comparisons between that system and its Canadian counterpart; and, above all, to give the origins and early history of the National Association of Victims Support Schemes (NAVSS, later Victim Support). The importance of the book lies partly in the author's use of hitherto secret Home Office documents which throw new light not only upon the victim's movement but also government policy-making generally.
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