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Community Control, Criminal Justice and Victim Services

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From Crime Policy to Victim Policy

Abstract

Beginning in the mid-1960s, and especially since 1970, America has rediscovered the crime victim. Arguing that victims encounter a society that neglects their victimization, and a criminal justice system that imposes a second victimization, champions of crime victims have promoted policies designed to redress victim needs, and to restore victims to their full status in the criminal process.

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  1. Department of Criminology, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada

    Ezzat A. Fattah (Professor) (Professor)

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Elias, R. (1986). Community Control, Criminal Justice and Victim Services. In: Fattah, E.A. (eds) From Crime Policy to Victim Policy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-08305-3_16

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