The New Faces of Victimhood Globalization, Transnational Crimes and Victim Rights /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Letschert, Rianne (Editor), van Dijk, Jan (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Series: Studies in Global Justice, 8
• Subjects: Law.; Political science.; Law > Philosophy.; Sociology.; Psychology.; Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History.; Political Science.; Law and Psychology.; Law, general.; Sociology, general.

Besides generating wealth, globalization makes victims, including victims of new forms of crime. In this edited book of scholarly essays, international lawyers and criminologists reflect on the legal challenges posed by these dark sides of globalization. Examples include transnational organised crim...