Shattered Justice: Crime Victims' Experiences with Wrongful Convictions and Exonerations (Critical Issues in Crime and Society)

By: Kimberly J. Cook

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Synopsis: Shattered Justice presents original crime victims' experiences with violent crime, investigations and trials, and later exonerations in their cases. Using in-depth interviews with 21 crime victims across the United States, Cook reveals how homicide victims’ family members and rape survivors describe the painful impact of the primary trauma, the secondary trauma of the investigations and trials, and then the tertiary trauma associated with wrongful convictions and exonerations. Important lessons and analyses are shared related to grief and loss, and healing and repair. Using restorative justice practices to develop and deliver healing retreats for survivors also expands the practice of restorative justice. Finally, policy reforms aimed at preventing, mitigating, and repairing the harms of wrongful convictions is covered.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 224 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781978820371
Related ISBNs:: 9781978820364, 9781978820357
Publisher:: Rutgers University Press
Date of Addition:: 08/12/22
Copyrighted By:: Kimberly J. Cook
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Social Studies, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Politics and Government
Grade Levels:: College Freshman
Reading Age:: 18 and up
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.