Victimisation and Social Harm: International Policy and Practice

This book looks at the effects of crime, natural disasters, state actions, unethical business practices, and war from the perspective of those who suffer from them. It critically evaluates the responses to such events—revealing the major role played by inequality in determining the nature and extent of the damage they do—and asks where there might be ways to enable victims to have a more effective voice and be better assisted in their recovery.