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Publisher: Abc-Clio Inc
Published date: 1997
Size: 6.5 x 9.5 inches
Weight: 1.1 pounds
Pages: 231
Publisher's Notes
In the past 20 years, the victims' rights movement has gathered moment often succeeding in its attempts to turn the tables on laws and legislation that traditionally loaded the scales of justice in favor of criminal defendants. Victims' Rights explores this movement and its implications in detail for the first time in a single, comprehensive handbook. It answers questions vital to every U.S. citizen: What is the criminal justice system, and what is the role of the victim in that system? How has this role changed in recent years? What are society's attitudes toward victims' and defendants' rights? Why is there a push for a constitutional amendment regarding the rights of victims? This volume answers all these questions and more and is rounded out by a chronology, biographical sketches, documents, court cases, legislation, an annotated directory of victim and defendant advocate organizations, and a general index for ease of access.
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