Victims Still Colin Adams a weekly accounting ledger

a weekly accounting ledger

the leaves are starting to change

Although once marginal and 'alternative'

Few major public initiatives are mounted these days in the absence of a sustained attempt to evaluate them

Victims Still Colin Adams a weekly accounting ledgerThe 1980s saw official crime policy in the United States shifting its focus from crime and criminals to victimization and victims. In this thought provoking book, Robert Elias evaluates the effectiveness of this shift in policy and argues that victims have been politically manipulated for official objectives. From a thorough examination of victim legislation, get tough crime policies, media crime coverage, the victim movement, and the wars on crime