
- 328 pages
- English
- PDF
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About this book
This invaluable one-stop reference source supplies students and general readers with historical and current information on the victims' rights revolution in the United States, providing analysis on everything from human rights reports to Supreme Court cases that allows the reader to fully understand these documents. Victims' rights represent the greatest change in the criminal justice system within the last 30 years. Victims' Rights: A Documentary and Reference Guide traces the origins, evolution, and results of the victims' rights movement. It puts victims' rights in a legal, historical, and contemporary context, and comprehensively collects important victims' rights documents in a single volumeâperfect for students as well as general readers. Bringing together dozens of varied documents such as presidential task force reports and recommendations, Supreme Court cases, state constitutions, human rights reports, critical articles, and political documents, this book is an indispensable resource for those seeking to understand the origins and modern consequences of American victims' rights policy. The author's accompanying commentary and analysis helps the reader to gain a complete comprehension of the significance of these documents, while numerous bibliographic sources provide additional resources for interested readers.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- VICTIMSâ RIGHTS
- Recent Titles in Documentary and Reference Guides
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- CONTENTS
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Background and History of Victimsâ Rights
- 2. To Include Victims in the Criminal Process?
- 3. The Presidentâs Task Force on Victims of Crime
- 4. The Federal Constitutional Context of Victimsâ Rights
- 5. The Oklahoma City Bombing and the Failure of Federal Victimsâ Rights
- 6. The Federal Constitutional Victimsâ Rights Effort
- 7. The Crime Victimsâ Rights Act
- 8. Present Status and the Future of Victimsâ Rights
- Conclusion
- Index
- About the Author