TY  - BOOK
AU  - Weed,Frank J.
TI  - Certainty of justice: reform in the crime victim movement 
T2  - Social problems and social issues
SN  - 020230518X
PY  - 1995///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Aldine de Gruyfer
KW  - Victims of crimes
KW  - Services for
KW  - United States
KW  - Legal status, laws, etc
KW  - Social movements
KW  - Social advocacy
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Reform Politics for Crime Victims: Government, Grass Roots, and Grievance -- 2. The Vilification of the Crime Problem -- 3. National Umbrella Organizations: Issue Prominence and Influence -- 4. Programming for Political Pulse -- 5. Community-Based Victim Service and Advocacy Organizations -- 6. Victim Rights and the Symbolism of Reform -- 7. Conclusion -- Appendix: Case Study and National Survey Method and Material
N2  - Since the late 1970s, the movement portrayed in this volume has been demanding that the law stand in for society as a whole, and use its authority to demonstrate the triumph of good over evil rather than simply to bear out the bureaucratic process. In so doing, its proponents are changing our concept of justice by defining a role for crime victims beyond the evidentiary need of the prosecution in a court of law
ER  -