![]() | Victims in the War on Crime: The Use and Abuse of Victims'' Rights Subjects: 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 St; Two phenomena have shaped American criminal law for the past thirty years: the war on crime and the victims' rights movement. As incapacitation has replaced rehabilitation as the dominant ideology of punishment, reflecting a shift from an identification with defendants to an identification with victims, the war on crime has victimized offenders and victims alike. What we need instead, Dubber argues, is a system which adequately recognizes both victims and defendants as persons. Dubber Markus Dirk : Markus Dirk Dubber is Professor of Law at the University of Toronto. His many books include Victims in the War on Crime: The Use and Abuse of Victims' Rights (NYU Press, 2002). |
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