When the victims of injustice lose faith in their justice system, the crime they've endured cuts only deeper, adding insult to injury. The time has come to face the truth that most victims of crime will not have their needs met and often won't experience our systems of justice as just. This short book makes its readers experts in advocating rights for victims of crime. It empowers taxpayers, voters and (potential) victims of crime to make the case to rebalance justice and support victims. ...

Violent crime tragically ruins lives and communities, yet we know how to stop it and help victims. Governments agree on how to get results at the United Nations, but do not act locally.Science and Secrets of Ending Violent Crime is the result of a lifetime career working to get violence prevention science applied and frustration with too many preventable tragedies. Irvin Waller explains the proven solutions that tackle the causes of violence, and, ways to persuade politicians to bu...

Irvin Waller explica en este libro las causas del crimen violento y perfila algunas respuestas para reducirlo. Sostiene que una intervención eficaz, desde el plano de la prevención, es más exitosa que cualquier modelo represor. Además, añade, es más barato: equivale al 10% de lo que un Estado comúnmente destina a policía, tribunales y cárceles. Ciencia y secretos para acabar con el crimen violento, es un libro que ningún interesado en la prevención del delito debe dejar de leer.

The U.S. is the world´s biggest jailor and one of the most affluent murderous countries, and yet its citizens pay more taxes to sustain law and order than their European counterparts. Yet, the U.S. has the most data in the world on the use of incarceration and its failure. Its researchers have identified more projects able to prevent violence than the rest of the world put together. Its legislators have access to pioneering data banks on cost effective ways to use taxes to reduce crime. We...

Sentimientos de ira, depresión, temor y vulnerabilidad son solo algunas de las secuelas que experimenta una persona después de haber sido víctima de un delito. Según las circunstancias individuales, estas aflicciones pueden durar semanas, meses o, incluso, años. Si tomamos en cuenta que las tasas de denuncia de delitos suelen ser muy bajas en la mayoría de los sistemas de justicia y que las tasas de solución son aún más bajas, es necesario preguntarnos ¿qué estamos haciendo para asegurar e...

Contemporary Criminological Issues: Moving Beyond Insecurity and Exclusion tackles some of today’s most pressing social issues—from the criminalization of Indigenous peoples to interpersonal violence, border control, and armed conflicts—,advances cutting-edge theories and methods to make sense of these issues, and proposes policy responses that promote social inclusion and security.This book advances cutting-edge theories and methods, with the aim of moving beyond the scholarship t...