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Author Rentschler, Carrie A., 1971-

Title Second wounds : victims' rights and the media in the U.S. / Carrie A. Rentschler
Published Durham : Duke University Press, 2011

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Description xvi, 273 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Introduction : the victims' rights movement and the second wound -- Law and order : the dominant ideology of victims' rights -- An activist history of victims' rights -- Meet the press : representing victims' rights -- Undisclosed sources : victims' rights and journalism training -- Profiles of life : news memorials to the dead -- Faces of murder -- Conclusion. giving face to the family as victim
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-255) and index
Subject Victims of crimes -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
Victims of crimes -- Civil rights -- United States.
Victims of crimes in mass media.
Victims of crimes -- Press coverage -- United States.
LC no. 2010039973
ISBN 9780822349303 cloth alkaline paper
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