Courting Compassion: Victims, Policy, and the Question of Justice

Howard Journal of Criminal Justice

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 109-121

  Walklate, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compassion; Policy implementation; Victims

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861451835     PISSN: 02655527     EISSN: 14682311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2311.2011.00698.x     Document Type: Review

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