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Criminals and victims : a trial judge reflects on crime and punishment /

An experienced judge offers her opinions on the judicial system, crime prevention, sentencing, the effectiveness of imprisonment, white-collar crime, juvenile courts, and victim compensation.

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Main Author: Forer, Lois G., 1914-1994, (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Norton, ©1980.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects and Genres:
Sentences (Criminal procedure) > United States.
Reparation (Criminal justice) > United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of > United States.
Crime > United States.
Sentences (Procédure pénale) > États-Unis.
Criminalité > États-Unis.
Justice pénale > Administration > États-Unis.
Crime.
Criminal justice, Administration of.
Reparation (Criminal justice)
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
United States.
United States > Crime & punishment
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Table of Contents:
  • From where I sit
  • The system
  • The role of the victim
  • Crime prevention and the courts
  • The controversies
  • The goal of rehabilitation
  • The desert model
  • Presumptive sentencing
  • The road from vengeance
  • Types of crime
  • Irrational crimes
  • Family crimes
  • White-collar crime
  • Street crime
  • Crime in Black and White
  • The child and the law
  • The uses of psychiatry
  • Victim compensation
  • Agenda for reform
  • Notes
  • Index.

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