Research Catalog

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Description

1. x, 158 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

1. Since the late 1970s, the movement portrayed in this volume has been demanding that the law stand in for society as a whole, and use its authority to demonstrate the triumph of good over evil rather than simply to bear out the bureaucratic process. In so doing, its proponents are changing our concept of justice by defining a role for crime victims beyond the evidentiary need of the prosecution in a court of law.
2. Weed examines the complex organizational system and grass roots groups affiliated with the movement, and takes a look from within at their leaders and agendas. His study also details the recent changes in state and federal laws and the legal decisions rendered in the name of "victims' rights."

Series statement

1. Social problems and social issues

Uniform title

1. Social problems and social issues.

Subject

1. Victims of crimes > Services for > United States
2. Victims of crimes > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States
3. Social movements > United States
4. Social advocacy > United States
5. Social advocacy
6. Social movements
7. Victims of crimes > Legal status, laws, etc
8. Victims of crimes > Services for
9. Verbrechensopfer
10. Sozialarbeit
11. United States
12. USA

Contents

1. 1. Reform Politics for Crime Victims: Government, Grass Roots, and Grievance -- 2. The Vilification of the Crime Problem -- 3. National Umbrella Organizations: Issue Prominence and Influence -- 4. Programming for Political Pulse -- 5. Community-Based Victim Service and Advocacy Organizations -- 6. Victim Rights and the Symbolism of Reform -- 7. Conclusion -- Appendix: Case Study and National Survey Method and Material.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.