Victims of the System: Crime Victims and Compensation in American Politics and Criminal Justice

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This important new book on criminology is a major attempt to evaluate actual victim compensation programs as well as their political and economic contexts, through the eyes of the victims themselves. Elias traces the experiences of violent-crime victims throughout the entire criminal justice process, comparing New York's and New Jersey's victim compensation programs. He shows how programs differ when compensation is viewed essentially as welfare and...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:087855470X

ISBN13:9780878554706

Release Date:January 1984

Publisher:Routledge

Length:325 Pages

Dimensions:6.0" x 9.0"

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Political Science Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences

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