Victims Still - The Political Manipulation of Crime Victims

Klappentext 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 change in the structural sources of crime and proposes a `new culture' that could lead to substantially less crime. Inhaltsverzeichnis Still Victims After all These Years Media Amnesia Abetting Victimization Victims All Dressed Up But No Place To Go? Taking the Victims¿ Movement for a Ride Wars on Drugs as Wars on Victims Do Victims Want Revenge? Controlling Victimization War or Peace? New Culture, Less Victimization

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Robert Elias, Elias Robert
• Editore: Sage Publications Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 26.05.1993
• EAN: 9780803950535
• ISBN: 978-0-8039-5053-5
• Pagine: 177
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Diritto penale, diritto processuale penale, criminologia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Violence in society, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Central / national / federal government policies, Violence and abuse in society, Central government policies, Interpersonal/Domestic Violence