Support for Crime Victims in a Comparative Perspective : A Collection of Essays Dedicated to the Memory of Prof. Frederic McClintock

Leuven University Press, 1998. Soft cover. Very Good. The interior of the book is crisp and clean, showing no marks or wear. The illustrated paper covers are bright, again with no wear. Synopsis: This is a collection of papers on restorative justice and victimology. Contents: Prologue: victims and criminal justice / Frederick McClintock. -- 1. The development of victimology and its impact on criminal justice policy: the case of Finland / Matti Joutsen. -- 2. The development of victimology and its impact on criminal justice policy in the Netherlands / Marc Groenhuijsen. -- 3. Helping crime victims in Switzerland / André Kuhn. -- 4. The treatment of victims of crimes and offences in the Spanish system of justice / José Luis de la Cuesta & others / 5. Why should victims of crime be compensated? Martin Wright. -- 6. A critical assessment of two justice paradigms: contrasting the restorative and retributive justice models / Ezzat Fattah. -- 7. Recreative penal justice: contrasting retributive and restorative cosmovisions / Antonio Beristain. -- 8. Victims and natural rights / Robert E. MacKay. -- 9. Which model of criminal justice offers the best scope for assisting victims of crime? Jim Dignan & Mick Cavadino. -- 10. Restoration, reconciliation and healing: the revitalization of culture and tradition in addressing crime and victimization in Canadian Aboriginal communities / Curt Griffiths & Charlene Belleau. -- 11. Victims, mediation and criminal justice / Martin Wright. -- 12. A study of types of processes in criminal mediation in France / Christine Lazerges. -- 13. Calculating the damage to be restored: lessons from the national survey of crime severity / Elmar Weitekamp. -- 14. Mediation for reparation: the victim's perspective / Tony Peters & Ivo Aertsen