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Victims in the war on crime the use and abuse of victims' rights /

Publisher's description: Two phenomena have shaped American criminal law for the past thirty years: the war on crime and the victims' rights movement. As incapacitation has replaced rehabilitation as the dominant ideology of punishment, reflecting a shift from an identification with defend...

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Main Author: Dubber, Markus Dirk (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, ©2002.
Series:Critical America.
Subjects:
Victims of crimes > United States.
Victims of crimes > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Crime > Government policy > United States.
Crimes without victims > Government policy > United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of > United States.
Criminal law > United States.
Victimes d'actes criminels > États-Unis.
Victimes d'actes criminels > Droit > États-Unis.
Criminalité > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Crimes sans victime > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Justice pénale > Administration > États-Unis.
Droit pénal > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Kriminalität.
Bekämpfung.
Verbrechensopfer.
Menschenrecht.
Electronic books.
Online Access:EBSCOhost
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Table of Contents:
  • Victims in the War on Crime; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The War on Victimless Crime; Waging the War on Crime; Policing Possession; State Nuisance Control; Vindicating Victims' Rights; The Legitimate Core of Victims' Rights; Vindicating Victims; The Law of Victim- and Offenderhood; Conclusion; Notes; Index; About the Author.

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