Mapping the Victimological Landscape of the Balkans: A Regional Study of Victimology and Victim Protection With a Critical Analysis of Current Victim Policies

Kalac, Anna-maria Getos (Editor)/ Mesko, Gorazd (Editor)/ Sarik, Eszter (Editor)

ISBN 10: 3428159934 / ISBN 13: 9783428159932

Published by Duncker & Humblot Gmbh, 2021

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591 pages. 8.82x5.83x8.83 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mapping the Victimological Landscape of the Balkans: A Regional Study of Victimology and Victim Protection With a Critical Analysis of Current Victim Policies
• Publisher: Duncker & Humblot Gmbh
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3428159934
• ISBN 13: 9783428159932
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 7.4 kilograms

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Synopsis

This timely and comprehensive collection of discussions on victimology, victims of crime and victim protection policies in the Balkans and beyond engages readers with the current state of the art of regional victimology in the Balkans and Central Europe. Original contributions from as many as ten countries of the region analyse the development of victimology, victim protection policies and practices, as well as major areas of victimological research. The main idea of the book at hand is to provide an insight into the complex nature of victimisation in contemporary societies and a deeper understanding of the nature of, and responses to, victimisation in the context of the criminal justice system and civil society. Chapters about the recent developments of victimology in Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, and Turkey reflect on cultural victimology and contextualisation of victimology and victimological thought from a broader societal perspective. More importantly, the chapters thus present, for the first time, a comparative and contextual account of regional contributions to present-day victimology. This publication is a milestone of victimological research calling for a follow-up and more comparative victimological studies in the future, improvement of practice in victim protection and more feasible victim protection policies.