This timely and comprehensive collection of discussions on victimology victims of crime and
victim protection policies in the Balkans and beyond engages readers with the current state of
the art of regional victimology in the Balkans and Central Europe. Original contributions from
as many as ten countries of the region analyse the development of victimology victim
protection policies and practices as well as major areas of victimological research. The main
idea of the book at hand is to provide an insight into the complex nature of victimisation in
contemporary societies and a deeper understanding of the nature of and responses to
victimisation in the context of the criminal justice system and civil society. Chapters about
the recent developments of victimology in Albania Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria
Croatia Hungary Montenegro Romania Serbia Slovenia and Turkey reflect on cultural
victimology and contextualisation of victimology and victimological thought from a broader
societal perspective. More importantly the chapters thus present for the first time a
comparative and contextual account of regional contributions to present-day victimology. This
publication is a milestone of victimological research calling for a follow-up and more
comparative victimological studies in the future improvement of practice in victim protection
and more feasible victim protection policies.
