
Victims of the System
Crime Victims and Compensation in American Politics and Criminal Justice
Robert Elias(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 1. November 2017
Book
Hardback
325 pages
978-1-138-54028-6 (ISBN)
Description
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 when it is viewed as a right. The study uses extensive interviews with officials and with violent crime victims.The study indicates victim compensation programs largely fail to achieve their stated goals of improving attitudes toward the criminal-justice system and the government. The programs produce poor attitudes toward government and criminal justice.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
830 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-54028-6 (9781138540286)
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Robert Elias
Victims of the System
Crime Victims and Compensation in American Politics and Criminal Justice
Book
01/1985
1st Edition
Transaction Publishers
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Robert Elias
Victims of the System
Crime Victims and Compensation in American Politics and Criminal Justice
Book
08/1983
1st Edition
Transaction Publishers
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Robert Elias
Content
1: Introduction; 2: Historical Development of Victim Compensation; 3: Research Design; 4: Characteristics of Violent Crime Victims; 5: Victims in the Criminal Process; 6: Impact of the Criminal Process; 7: The Victim-Compensation Boards; 8: Officials in the Compensation Process; 9: Victims in the Compensation Process; 10: Impact of Victim Compensation; 11: Conclusion: The Politics of Victim Compensation