Victimisation provides an accessible but critical review of the study of victims and victimisation, particularly in the areas of theory, research, policy and practice. It aims to provide students with an introduction and overview of the core areas relating to the study of victims and victimisation including: the causes of victimisation; its nature, extent and impact; methods of research; issues of class, age, race, gender and community; the policy context; mechanisms for tackling victimisation and the comparative context. Each contributor to the volume explores a range of historical and contemporary debates and developments surrounding particular aspects of the victimological enterprise, and by doing so outlines their own agenda for the futures of the discipline.

KAREN EVANS Senior Lecturer, University of Liverpool PENNY FRASER Senior Policy Manager, Nacro ROB MAWBY Professor, University of Plymouth MICHAEL MCCAHILL Researcher, University of Hull JOHN MUNCIE Senior Lecturer, Open University CLIVE NORRIS Senior Lecturer, University of Durham RACHEL PAIN Lecturer, University of Durham SANDRA WALKLATE Professor, Manchester Metropolitan University MARTIN WRIGHT Independent Consultant