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  • Prosecuting professional mistake: Secondary victimization and a research agenda for criminology

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    W. A. Dekker, Sidney
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    Dekker, Sidney
    Year published
    2009
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    Abstract
    This paper investigates a largely unexplored area in criminology: the secondary victimization of professionals whose mistake has been turned into a crime. It presents the criminal prosecution of professional mistake as something that is seen a growing problem in a number of safety-critical domains such as healthcare, aviation, shipping and construction, as it may seriously threaten safety initiatives in these fields. Secondary victimization of professionals accused of crime is then explored as a possible research topic in its own right, but seen to meet obstacles related to the field of victimology, as well as the epistemological ...
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    This paper investigates a largely unexplored area in criminology: the secondary victimization of professionals whose mistake has been turned into a crime. It presents the criminal prosecution of professional mistake as something that is seen a growing problem in a number of safety-critical domains such as healthcare, aviation, shipping and construction, as it may seriously threaten safety initiatives in these fields. Secondary victimization of professionals accused of crime is then explored as a possible research topic in its own right, but seen to meet obstacles related to the field of victimology, as well as the epistemological propensities in both criminology and many safety-critical domains. The paper also presents some of the possible social factors behind increasing criminalization of professional mistake, a fruitful area for social-constructionist criminology.
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    Journal Title
    International Journal of Criminal Justice Sciences
    Volume
    4
    Issue
    1
    Publisher URI
    http://www.sascv.org/ijcjs/dekker.html
    http://www.sascv.org/ijcjs/dekkerijcjs2009.pdf
    Copyright Statement
    © 2009 International Journal of Criminal Justice Sciences (IJCJS). The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Causes and Prevention of Crime
    Law
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/37908
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