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Author Dubber, Markus Dirk

Title Victims in the war on crime : the use and abuse of victims' rights / Markus Dirk Dubber
Published New York : New York University Press, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource
Series Critical America
Critical America.
Contents Acknowledgments; Introduction ; 1 Waging the War on Crime ; 2 Policing Possession ; 3 State Nuissance Control; 4 The Legitimate Core of Victims' Rights ; 5 Vindicating Victims ; 6 The Law of Victim- and Offenderhood; Conclusion; Notes; Index; About the Author
Summary The first book to provide a critical analysis of the role of victims in the criminal justice system as a whole. It also breaks new ground in focusing not only on the victims of crime, but also on those of the war on victimless crime
Subject Victims of crimes -- United States
Victims of crimes -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States
Crime -- Government policy -- United States
Crimes without victims -- Government policy -- United States
Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States.
Criminal law -- United States
Crime -- Government policy
Criminal justice, Administration of
Criminal law
Victims of crimes
Victims of crimes -- Legal status, laws, etc.
United States
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780814771419
0814771416