Abstract

Of the many developments in the area of criminal justice over the last twenty years or so, the rediscovery of the victim may well be the most heartening. This rediscovery has produced both a new field of study, victimology, and a number of interesting programs and proposals that aim to redress the injuries suffered by the victims of crime. To this point, however, the rediscovery of the victim has not worked a fundamental transformation of our system of criminal justice. The question I wish to address here is whether it should do so.

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

1980

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Copyright © 1980 Lexington Books. This chapter first appeared in Victims, Offenders, and Alternative Sanctions.

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