Research Catalog

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Description

1. x, 446 pages; 24 cm

Summary

1. Recent years have seen a heightened awareness of the plight of victims of crime and of their neglect by the traditional criminal justice system with its bureaucratic and institutional processes. This concern for the victim has been shared by diverse groups, including humanists, conservative "law and order" politicians, feminists, and grassroots community advocates. This combination of forces has stimulated a mass of legislative reform at both the federal and state levels. Many jurisdictions have adopted a "Bill of Rights" for the victim; public funds have been established to compensate victims; courts have been enjoined to order offenders to make restitution; welfare agencies have developed programs to provide victims with assistance; and courts are inviting victims to testify at the sentencing hearings of their offenders.
2. These reforms and proposals have been accompanied by a growing body of literature that discusses the needs of victims and analyzes the merits and drawbacks of particular reforms, some of which have been evaluated empirically. What has been lacking until now is an integrated overview that looks at their philosophical underpinnings and considers how these different and sometimes conflicting proposals are conceptually related to one another and to other prevailing criminal justice doctrines and ideologies. Leslie Sebba fills this gap in Third Parties.

Subject

1. Victims of crimes
2. Victims of crimes > Legal status, laws, etc
3. Criminal justice, Administration of
4. Crime Victims
5. Criminal justice, Administration of
6. Victims of crimes
7. Täter-Opfer-Ausgleich
8. Verbrechensopfer
9. Rechtsschutz
10. USA

Contents

1. 1. An Overview of Victim-Oriented Reforms -- 2. The Victim's Traditional Role in the Criminal Justice System -- 3. The Framework of Analysis -- 4. Coping Needs -- 5. Perceived Justice Needs -- 6. Fundamental Principles of Justice -- 7. Reforming the Objectives of Sanctioning Policy: The Desert Model of Sentencing and Restitution -- 8. Reforming Trial Procedures: Victim Participation -- 9. Remedies Unrelated to the Criminal Process: State Compensation and Escrow -- 10. "Catch-All" Remedies: Victim/Witness Assistance and Victims' Bills of Rights -- 11. Informal Modes of Dispute Resolution -- 12. Models of Justice -- 13. Third- (Fourth-?) Party Responsibility: A Third Model? -- 14. Final Reflections -- Appendix: The Contribution of Social Psychology.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-423) and index.