The Politics of Victimization

Victims, Victimology, and Human Rights

By: Robert Elias

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Paperback | 1 December 1986

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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.

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"A well-organized, thoroughly documented work....I would recommend this book for its thoroughness and humanity and as a useful reference work for criminology."--American Journal of Sociology "Excellent. A must reading for any course in victimology."--Daniel Stern, The American University "A first-rate contribution."--Gilbert L. Geis, University of California, Irvine "The most comprehensive and literate general treatment of victimology available."--Gary T. Marx, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "This pathbreaking study extends our understanding of both crime and victim....Underneath impressive layers of scholarship, Elias brings to bear a sense of moral purpose, an abiding insistence that all our social arrangements be assessed by whether they diminish or intensify human suffering in the lived circumstances of daily existence."--Richard Falk, Princeton University "A definitive piece on the process of victimization and its after-effects. Indeed, before citizens and policymakers can begin to heal one another we must first understand what has happened and what is happening. Elias moves us significantly in this direction."--Christian Davenport, University of Houston

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