Contents: Introduction. Part I Victimization: The ideal victim, Nils Christie; Metaphors of loss: murder, bereavement, gender, and presentation of the 'victimized' self, J. Scott Kenney; The International Crime Victims Surveys: a retrospective, John van Kesteren, Jan van Dijk and Pat Mayhew; The victimisation of young people, Simon Anderson, Richard Kinsey, Ian Loader and Connie Smith; Repeat victimisation: taking stock, Ken Pease. Part II Supporting Victims of Crime: The impact of burglary upon victims, Mike Maguire; What do we know about the effects of crime on victims?, Joanna Shapland and Matthew Hall; Crime victims’ well being and fear in a prospective and longitudinal study - results and discussion, Adriaan J.M. Denkers and Frans Willem Winkel; The value and limitations of victim support schemes, Claire Corbett and Mike Maguire; Provision for victims in an international context, Mike Maguire and Joanna Shapland; Meeting needs: the victim support contribution and victim reactions, Mike Maguire and Jocelyn Kynch; Support and Willingness to engage with the CJS, Ramona Franklyn. Part III Victims in the Criminal Justice System: At court, Joanna Shapland, Jon Willmore and Peter Duff; Justice for all: putting victims at the heart of criminal justice?, John D. Jackson; The treatment of victims in England and Wales, Paul Rock; An ambiguous participant: the crime victim and criminal justice decision-making, Ian Edwards; Prosecuting domestic assault: victims failing courts, or courts failing victims?, Antonia Cretney and Gwynn Davis; Cross-examination in rape trials, Louise Ellison; Who’s afraid of the big bad victim? Victim impact statements as victim empowerment and enhancement of justice, Edna Erez; Victim impact statements: can work, do work (for those who bother to make them), James Chalmers, Peter Duff and Fiona Leverick. Part IV Ameliorating Outcomes: Victims, the criminal justice system and compensation, Joanna Shapland; Compensation and conceptions of victims of crime, David R. Miers; The politics of victim compensation, Robert Elias; From absence to presence, from silence to voice: victims in international and transitional justice since the Nuremberg trials, Susanne Karstedt; The International Criminal Court and its trust fund are coming of age: towards a process approach for the reparation of victims, Heidy Rombouts and Stephan Parmentier; Victims and the International Criminal Court (ICC): evaluating the success of the ICC with respect to victims, Jo-Anne Wemmers. Name Index.