Second Wounds - Victims'' Rights and the Media in the U.s.

Informationen zum Autor Carrie A. Rentschler Klappentext Analyzes how the U.S. victims rights movement has expanded the concept of victimhood to include family members and others close to the direct victims of violent crime. Zusammenfassung Analyzes how the U.S. victims rights movement has expanded the concept of victimhood to include family members and others close to the direct victims of violent crime. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments ix Introduction. The Victims' Rights Movement and the Second Wound 1 Part One. The Life and Times of Victims' Rights 1. Law and Order: The Dominant Ideology of Victims' Rights 33 2. An Activist History of Victims' Rights 55 Part Two. Opening and Closing the Second Wound: Representing Victims 3. Meet the Press: Representing Victims' Rights 83 4. Undisclosed Sources: Victims' Rights and Journalism Training 113 5. Profiles of Life: News Memorials to the Dead 137 6. Faces of Murder 177 Conclusion. Giving Face to the Family as Victim 211 Notes 223 Bibliography 233 Index 257

Product details

• Authors: Carrie A Rentschler, Carrie A. Rentschler
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.03.2011
• EAN: 9780822349495
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-4949-5
• No. of pages: 290
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Verbrechen und Kriminologie (Kriminalistik), Gewalt und Missbrauch in der Gesellschaft