Victims Still: The Political Manipulation of Crime Victims

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The 1980s saw official crime policy in the United States shifting its focus from crime and criminals to victimization and victims. In this thought-provoking book, Robert Elias evaluates the effectiveness of this shift in policy and argues that victims have been politically manipulated for official o...

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Autor principal: Elias, Robert 1950- (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Thousand Oaks SAGE Publications 1993
En:Año: 1993
Acceso en línea: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Palabras clave:
Victims of crimes ; United States
Criminal justice, Administration of ; United States
Reparation (Criminal justice) ; United States
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Sumario:The 1980s saw official crime policy in the United States shifting its focus from crime and criminals to victimization and victims. In this thought-provoking book, Robert Elias evaluates the effectiveness of this shift in policy and argues that victims have been politically manipulated for official objectives. From a thorough examination of victim legislation, get-tough crime policies, media crime coverage, the victim movement, and the wars on crime and drugs, Elias concludes that little victim support has actually occurred and that victimization is, in fact, escalating. He argues for a chan
Notas:Description based upon print version of record
Descripción Física:Online-Ressource (189 p)
ISBN:9780803950535