Christopher Williams

Invisible Victims

Crime and Abuse Against People with Learning Disabilities

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Invisible Victims outlines the range and nature of crimes against people with learning difficulties, and the way the law does - or should - relate to these crimes. It discusses the sources of victimization and deals with prevention specifically from the perspective of learning disabilities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 1995
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 295mm x 206mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9781853023095
• ISBN-10: 1853023094
• Artikelnr.: 23588550

Autorenporträt

Dr Christopher Williams is currently a lecturer at the International Unit, School of Education, University of Birmingham. Previously he held a senior ESRC Fellowship at the University of Cambridge, and was a research Fellow at the Norah Fry Research Centre, Bristol, where he wrote Invisible Victims as part of a project supported by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

Inhaltsangabe

Elaborated Contents. Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. What is Happening?
2. Who are the Perpetrators? 3. Prevention. 4. Reporting. 5. Using the
Courts. 6. Alternatives to the Criminal System. 7. Invisible Victims? 8.
Summary of Policy Considerations. Appendix I. Outline Material for Police
Training. Appendix II. Outline of a Training Session for Service Staff and
Lay Advocates. References. Index.