Constructing victimhood : beyond innocence and guilt in transitional justice / Cheryl Lawther.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lawther, Cheryl, author.

Series:

Clarendon studies in criminology.

Oxford scholarship online.

Clarendon studies in criminology

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Victims of crimes.

Transitional justice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2025]

Summary:

'Constructing Victimhood' seeks to go beyond innocence and guilt to expand the criminological, victimological and transitional justice gaze of who we 'see' as victims, what we 'hear' as experiences of victimisation, and who makes these determinations. This book aims to change our understanding of victimhood in post-conflict and transitional contexts.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Preface

Acknowledgements

Contents

Abbreviations

1 Introduction: Victimhood in Transition

Introduction

The Rise of the Victim

Defining Victimhood: Innocence, Guilt, and Beyond

Northern Ireland and the Terrain of Victimhood

Research Design and Methodology

Structure of the Book

2 Constructing Victimhood: Innocence, Guilt, and Definitional Dilemmas

Victimhood: Ideal and Innocent Victims

Constructing the Complex Political Victim

Victimhood as a 'Repertoire of Contention'

Conclusion

3 Victimhood and Heroes and Hierarchies

Hierarchies of 'Good' and 'Bad' Victims

Hierarchies and Heroes for the Cause

Hierarchies and 'the Silence of Social Opprobrium'

4 Victimhood and Voice

Voice, Pain, and Political Gain

Victimhood, Voice, and the Freezing of Identity

Victimhood, Voice, and Epistemic Privilege

5 Doing Victimhood: Agency, Activism, and the Mobilisation of Empathy

The Northern Ireland Victims Sector

Agency, Activism, and 'Doing' Victimhood Work

Agency, Industry, and Entrepreneurship

Registers of Victimhood and the Mobilisation of Empathy

Resumes of the Dead and the Politicisation of Victims' Groups

6 Victimhood, Silence, and Denial

A Culture of Silence

Silence, Gender-based Victimhood, and Discomfort

7 Victimhood and the Haunting of Lives, Landscapes, and Unresolved Pasts

Haunting and Lost Lives

The Haunting of Landscape

Victimhood, Haunting, and Trauma

8 Conclusion

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9780191938634

0191938637

9780192661449

0192661442

OCLC:

1467196203