Reparation and Victim-focused Social Work

Introduction, Brian Williams; compensating victims of crime in the European Union - the case for state restitution, Jo Goodey; restorative justice - the choice between bilateral decision-making power and third party intervention, Jo-Anne Wemmers; family group conferencing - a victim perspective, Guy Masters; reparation orders, Jim Dignan; responding to victims of crime in rural areas, Susan R. Moody; supporting victims of racist abuse and violence, Charlotte Knight and Karen Chouan; probation work with victims of crime, Barbara Tudor; victim impact statements - voices to be heard in the criminal justice process?, Sandra Walklate; adressing victim issues in pre-sentence reports, Jane Dominey; keeping the man in the frame and the woman in the picture - men's violence programmes and victim-focused work, Moira Andrew and Rory Macrae.

This is a challenging collection of papers which should have a well-deserved place on the bookshelf of agencies or individuals working with offenders or their victims.