Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

The Relevance of Victimology to the International Health Scene

  • Chapter
Psychiatry

  • 112 Accesses

Abstract

It is only during the last 20 years that the field of modern criminology has paid attention to the fate of victims: during these years, victimology has emerged as a special area of concern.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

References

  1. Swartz, J., C.M.A. Journal, August 15, 1982 — Vol. 127

    Google Scholar 

  2. W.H.O. - V + M Working Group on the Psychosocial Consequences of Violence. 1981, page 9 (draft). W.H.O. Regional Office for Europe.

    Google Scholar 

  3. Proceeding of W.F.M.H. Committee on Victims of Violence, June 3—4, 1982.

    Google Scholar 

  4. Declaration on the Protection and Assistance of Victims of Crime, prepared by Professor Irvin Waller, Department of Criminology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada, KIN 6N5.

    Google Scholar 

  5. Waller, I., Perception, Vol. 6, No. 3, February 1983, p. 18.

    Google Scholar 

  6. President’s Task Force on Victims of Crimes. December 1982. Lois Herrington, Chairman, 144 pages.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Hospital Douglas, 6875 Boul. Lasalle, Montreal, Que., H4H 1R3, Canada

    Gaston P. Harnois

Authors
  1. Gaston P. Harnois
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Académie de Paris, Université René Descartes, Paris, France

    Pierre Pichot (President, WPA at the time of the VII World Congress of Psychiatry President, Scientific Committee) (President, WPA at the time of the VII World Congress of Psychiatry President, Scientific Committee)

  2. University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Peter Berner (Secretary General, WPA at the time of the VII World Congress of Psychiatry President, Organizing Committee VII World Congress of Psychiatry Chief Editor, Congress Proceedings), Rainer Wolf  & Kenneth Thau (Secretary General, WPA at the time of the VII World Congress of Psychiatry President, Organizing Committee VII World Congress of Psychiatry Chief Editor, Congress Proceedings),  & 

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 1985 Plenum Press, New York

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Harnois, G.P. (1985). The Relevance of Victimology to the International Health Scene. In: Pichot, P., Berner, P., Wolf, R., Thau, K. (eds) Psychiatry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2365-5_41

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2365-5_41

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Boston, MA

  • Print ISBN: 978-1-4612-9447-4

  • Online ISBN: 978-1-4613-2365-5

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation