An Overview of Criminological and Victimological Literature on Harms and Needs

The chapter reviews the existing criminological and victimological literature on corporate violence, its harmful consequences and its impact on victims, with a specific focus on corporate violence victims\u2019 needs as they can be drawn from previous studies, in view of a better implementation of Directive 2012/29/EU (establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2001/220/JHA) with respect to this specific group of victims and their peculiar vulnerabilities