HEARING THE VICTIM Aversarial justice, crime victims and the state

Preface, Anthony Bottoms and Julian Roberts.

1 The victim, the state, and civil society, Matt Matravers
2 The 'duty to understand': what consequences to victim participation?, Anthony Bottoms
3 The status of crime victims and witnesses in the 21st century, Helen Reeves and Peter Dunn
4 ‘Rebalancing the criminal justice system in favour of the victim': the costly consequences of populist rhetoric, Michael Tonry
5 The phenomenon of victim-offender overlap: a study of offences against households, Anthony Bottoms and Andrew Costello
6 The victim and the prosecutor, John Spencer
7 Victims at court: necessary accessories or principal players at Cozijn centre stage?, Joanna Shapland and Matthew Hall
8 ‘Hearing victims of crime’: the delivery of impact statements as ritual behaviour in four London trials for murder and manslaughter, Paul Rock
9 Communication at sentencing: the expressive function of Victim Impact Statements, Julian Roberts and Edna Erez
10 Victim input at parole: probative or prejudicial?, Nicola Padfield and Julian Roberts
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