Constructing Victims' Rights: The Home Office, New Labour, and Victims

Based upon extensive observation, primary papers, and interviews, Paul Rock examines changes in the forms of criminal justice policy-making within the New Labour Government, observing how they shaped political representations and activities centred on victims of crime. He reveals how the issues of new managerialism, restorative justice, human rights, race and racism , and the treatment of rape victims form a critical mass that required ordering and reconstruction.