The Politics of Victimization: Victims, Victimology, and Human Rights

Elias, Robert

ISBN 10: 0195039815 / ISBN 13: 9780195039818

Published by Oxford University Press, 1986

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This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Politics of Victimization: Victims, Victimology, and Human Rights
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195039815
• ISBN 13: 9780195039818
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Acceptable

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Synopsis

This useful text provides a comprehensive introductory overview of the study of victims and victimization. Victimization is here considered as a reflection of American society. Taking a broad perspective, Elias argues that the study of victimology requires more than merely analyzing criminal justice; it requires linking it to much wider social, political and economic relations--especially to the American political economy. This study rejects the official definition of crime and victimization and establishes a relationship between victimology and human rights, thus advocating a "new" victimology which embraces victims of both crime and repression. Elias proposes that since much crime arises in response to various forms of oppression, a society unconcerned with human rights violations and its victims can likewise provide little help for crime victims.

About the Author

Robert Elias is at University of San Francisco.