RT Book
T1 Victims Still: The Political Manipulation of Crime Victims
A1 Elias, Robert 1950-
LA English
PP Thousand Oaks
PB SAGE Publications
YR 1993
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/776796682
AB 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
OP 189
NO Description based upon print version of record
CN HV6250.3.U5
SN 9780803950535
K1 Victims of crimes ; United States
K1 Criminal justice, Administration of ; United States
K1 Reparation (Criminal justice) ; United States
K1 Electronic books