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Victims Still - The Political Manipulation of Crime Victims (Paperback)
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Victims Still - The Political Manipulation of Crime Victims (Paperback)
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Official crime policy shifted its focus from crime and criminals to
victimization and victims in the 1980s and early 1990s. As a
result, crime victims were the subject of extensive new legislation
addressing victim needs, rights, and services. But did these
initiatives really help victims, or did they help further Reagan
and Bush administration "law and order" policies for curbing
offender and public rights in favor of increasing police power? And
has such power escalated incidents like the Rodney King case in Los
Angeles? In this controversial and thought-provoking book, Robert
Elias evaluates the effectiveness of the last decade's victim
policy and argues that victims have been politically manipulated
for official objectives. As a result, little victim support has
occurred, and victimization keeps escalating. He reaches these
conclusions from a thorough examination of victim legislation,
get-tough crime policies, media crime coverage, the victim
movement, and the wars on crime and drugs. Finally, he proposes
solutions that could lead to substantially less crime. Students and
professionals of criminology, victimology, policy studies, and
political science will find Victims Still an exceptionally
stimulating resource. "In Victims Still, Elias demonstrates again
that he is a preeminent scholar in the field of victimology. This
work provides a unique, provocative, and elucidative account of the
politicization of the victims' movement as well as the social and
political ramifications of the 'get tough' crime policies and
enforcement strategies of the 1980s. Dr. Elias raises serious and
challenging questions about the currency of conventional responses
to crime victims and offenders. Victims Still should be required
reading for crime victim researchers and program practitioners.
This book offers a thoughtful reconsideration of the causes of
crime and violence in America. Professor Elias's solutions to the
crime problem are sweeping and progressive." --Arthur J. Lurigio,
Ph.D., Loyola University of Chicago
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