Research Handbook on Victims, Rights and Justice

This important Research Handbook provokes critical conversations between researchers of everyday victimization and those working on human rights violations and mass atrocities through a global and interdisciplinary lens. It traverses scholarship on victims across common and civil law to shed light on the persisting challenges and shared aspirations for justice.With a focus on victims in the public sphere, the Research Handbook adopts an interdisciplinary approach to three interrelated conceptual components: victims, rights, and justice. Eminent and emerging scholars interrogate narrow definitions of victims, questioning the differing philosophical, legal, and political foundations of their rights. They critically examine the various contexts surrounding and challenges facing access to justice for victims in both domestic and international cases. Chapters explore the boundaries of existing scholarship and situate victims as political actors within interdisciplinary discussions.The Research Handbook on Victims, Rights, and Justice is an invaluable read for academics and students in law and society, victimology, criminology, criminal justice, political science, and transitional justice. Professionals working in law reform and public policy will also benefit from its insights into the gap between law’s promise and reality.