Victims in the war on crime : the use and abuse of victims' rights / Markus Dirk Dubber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dubber, Markus Dirk.

Series:

Critical America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Victims of crimes--United States.

Victims of crimes.

Crimes without victims.

Government policy.

United States.

Victims of crimes--Legal status, laws, etc--United States.

Victims of crimes--Legal status, laws, etc.

Crime--Government policy--United States.

Crime.

Crime--Government policy.

Crimes without victims--Government policy--United States.

Criminal justice, Administration of--United States.

Criminal justice, Administration of.

Criminal law--United States.

Criminal law.

Physical Description:

xii, 399 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, [2002]

Summary:

Victims in the War on Crime provides a rare critical analysis of the role of victims in the criminal justice system as a whole. Breaking new ground in focusing not only on the victims of crime, but also on those of the war on victimless crime, Markus Dirk Dubber salvages the project of vindicating victims' rights for its own sake, rather than as a weapon in the war against criminals. Uncovering the legitimate core of the victims' rights movement from underneath existing layers of bellicose rhetoric, he demonstrates how victims' rights can help us build a system of American criminal justice after the frenzy of the war on crime has died down.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0814719287

OCLC:

49248505