Beschreibung:
Carrie A. Rentschler
Analyzes how the U.S. victims rights movement has expanded the concept of victimhood to include family members and others close to the direct victims of violent crime.
Analyzes how the US. victims' rights movement has expanded the concept of victimhood to include family members and others close to the direct victims of violent crime
Acknowledgments ixIntroduction. The Victims' Rights Movement and the Second Wound 1Part One. The Life and Times of Victims' Rights1. Law and Order: The Dominant Ideology of Victims' Rights 332. An Activist History of Victims' Rights 55Part Two. Opening and Closing the Second Wound: Representing Victims3. Meet the Press: Representing Victims' Rights 834. Undisclosed Sources: Victims' Rights and Journalism Training 1135. Profiles of Life: News Memorials to the Dead 1376. Faces of Murder 177Conclusion. Giving Face to the Family as Victim 211Notes 223Bibliography 233Index 257