Dr Brian Williams was Professor of Community Justice and Victimology at De Montfort University in Leicester. He served on the Executive of the British Society of Criminology and was a volunteer training officer for a local Victim Support scheme. He published widely on victims of crime, including (as editor) Reparation and Victim-Focussed Social Work.

• Chapter One: Introduction. The Context: victim policy internationally and in the UK since 1964. Chapter Two: Community Justice and its implications for victims. Chapter Three: Restorative Justice and its implications for victims. Chapter Four: Improving the position of victims of crime. Chapter Five: Real improvements for victims of crime. Chapter Six: Conclusions.

This book is a very useful addition to the expanding literature on victims and victimology... Williams provides a detailed analysis of community justice, including a useful definition as well as a discussion of the implications for victims... The world of victims and victomology is only just beginning to be explored and, in a sense, this book can be seen as a guide for the researcher to explore what is essentially uncharted territory.

Dr Brian Williams was Professor of Community Justice and Victimology at De Montfort University in Leicester. He served on the Executive of the British Society of Criminology and was a volunteer training officer for a local Victim Support scheme. He published widely on victims of crime, including (as editor) Reparation and Victim-Focussed Social Work.

• Chapter One: Introduction. The Context: victim policy internationally and in the UK since 1964. Chapter Two: Community Justice and its implications for victims. Chapter Three: Restorative Justice and its implications for victims. Chapter Four: Improving the position of victims of crime. Chapter Five: Real improvements for victims of crime. Chapter Six: Conclusions.

This book is a very useful addition to the expanding literature on victims and victimology... Williams provides a detailed analysis of community justice, including a useful definition as well as a discussion of the implications for victims... The world of victims and victomology is only just beginning to be explored and, in a sense, this book can be seen as a guide for the researcher to explore what is essentially uncharted territory.

Dr Brian Williams was Professor of Community Justice and Victimology at De Montfort University in Leicester. He served on the Executive of the British Society of Criminology and was a volunteer training officer for a local Victim Support scheme. He published widely on victims of crime, including (as editor) Reparation and Victim-Focussed Social Work.

• Chapter One: Introduction. The Context: victim policy internationally and in the UK since 1964. Chapter Two: Community Justice and its implications for victims. Chapter Three: Restorative Justice and its implications for victims. Chapter Four: Improving the position of victims of crime. Chapter Five: Real improvements for victims of crime. Chapter Six: Conclusions.

This book is a very useful addition to the expanding literature on victims and victimology... Williams provides a detailed analysis of community justice, including a useful definition as well as a discussion of the implications for victims... The world of victims and victomology is only just beginning to be explored and, in a sense, this book can be seen as a guide for the researcher to explore what is essentially uncharted territory.