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Preventing Repeat Victimization as the Ultimate Goal of Victim Services

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Ezzat A. Fattah
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International Annals of Criminology , Volume 38 , Issue 1-2 , 2000 , pp. 113 - 133
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Copyright © 2000 International Society for Criminology

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LL.L., M.A., Ph.D., D.h.c., F.R.S.C.

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Paper Based on a Keynote Address to the Conference : Services for Victims of Crime : Playing a Role in Community Safety, Not Just Picking Up the Pieces. Melbourne, Australia, September 7-9, 2000.

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