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List of abbreviations | p. ix |
Acknowledgements | p. x |
Victims, victimology and policy-making | p. 1 |
Researching victims | p. 1 |
Victims in academia and politics | p. 3 |
Raising questions | p. 9 |
Methodology | p. 12 |
Book structure | p. 14 |
Victims in criminal justice: rights, services and vulnerability | p. 16 |
Victim 'rights' | p. 16 |
Facilities, services and support for victims | p. 27 |
Vulnerable and intimidated victims as witnesses | p. 31 |
Ways forward | p. 39 |
Victims of crime: a policy chain? | p. 44 |
Victim policies? | p. 44 |
Interpreting the 'policy' | p. 45 |
Victims and witnesses: shaping the 'policy' | p. 45 |
Politics, pressures and influences: deconstructing the 'policy chain' | p. 47 |
A policy chain? | p. 88 |
A narrative-based model of victim-centredness in criminal trials | p. 95 |
Storytelling and narrative | p. 95 |
Stories in criminal trials | p. 100 |
Victims' narratives and account-making at the heart of criminal justice | p. 102 |
Victims in criminal trials: victims at court | p. 116 |
The Witness Service | p. 116 |
Prosecutors and victims | p. 121 |
Wider facilities and information at court | p. 123 |
Waiting at court | p. 124 |
Domestic violence: 'one on its own'? | p. 143 |
Victims at court | p. 146 |
Victims in criminal trials: the trial itself | p. 150 |
Calling witnesses | p. 150 |
Giving evidence | p. 153 |
Reactions to evidence | p. 164 |
Special measures | p. 170 |
The impact of crime in criminal trials | p. 178 |
Victims and witnesses after trials | p. 186 |
Victims at the heart of criminal justice: principles or practice? | p. 188 |
Victims 'at the heart' of criminal justice: a discussion | p. 191 |
What would it mean to have a victim-centred criminal justice system? | p. 191 |
What factors have driven this 'policy'? | p. 216 |
What has putting victims 'at the heart' of the system meant so far in practice? | p. 218 |
Final points | p. 228 |
References | p. 231 |
Index | p. 249 |
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