American Violence - Survival, Healing, and the Failure of American Policy

Richard Wright analyzes the current state of the criminal justice system in tandem with the experiences of survivors in the aftermath of a violent crime, addressing the lack of cohesion between the current policies and the needs of victims, despite race, age, gender, economic status, occupation, or sexual orientation.

List of contents

Chapter 1: American Violence
Chapter 2: The Primary American Response to Violence: Incarceration & Punishment
Chapter 3: The Aftermath of Violent Crime: The Victim Impact Statement
Chapter 4: The Aftermath of Violent Crime: Victim Compensation
Chapter 5: The Aftermath of Violent Crime: Gun Violence Victims
Chapter 6: The Aftermath of Violent Crime: Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
Chapter 7: The Aftermath of Violent Crime: The Activist Victim and Crime Policy
Chapter 8: An Alternative: An American Truth and Reconciliation Commission?

About the author

By Richard G. Wright

Summary

Richard Wright analyzes the current state of the criminal justice system in tandem with the experiences of survivors in the aftermath of a violent crime, addressing the lack of cohesion between the current policies and the needs of victims, despite race, age, gender, economic status, occupation, or sexual orientation.

Product details

• Authors: Richard G Wright, Richard G. Wright
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2020
• EAN: 9781793600578
• ISBN: 978-1-79360-057-8
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Violence in society, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Violence and abuse in society