Victims Still: The Political Manipulation of Crime VictimsThe 1980s saw official crime policy in the United States shifting its focus from crime and criminals to victimization and victims. In this thought-provoking book, Robert Elias evaluates the effectiveness of this shift in policy and argues that victims have been politically manipulated for official objectives. From a thorough examination of victim legislation, get-tough crime policies, media crime coverage, the victim movement, and the wars on crime and drugs, Elias concludes that little victim support has actually occurred and that victimization is, in fact, escalating. He argues for a change in the structural sources of crime and proposes a `new culture' that could lead to substantially less crime. |
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Contents
Abetting Victimization | 6 |
All Dressed Up but No Place to Go? | 26 |
Taking the Victims Movement for a Ride | 52 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Victims Still: The Political Manipulation of Crime Victims |
| Author | Robert Elias |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications, 1993 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 25 Aug 2007 |
| ISBN | 0803950527, 9780803950528 |
| Length | 177 pages |
| Subjects | › Psychology / Interpersonal Relations |
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