Literaturnachweis - Detailanzeige
Autor/in | Simon, Leonore M. |
---|---|
Titel | Legal Treatment of the Victim-Offender Relationship in Crimes of Violence. |
Quelle | In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 11 (1996) 1, S.94-106 |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0886-2605 |
Schlagwörter | Adults; Court Litigation; Crime; Criminal Law; Criminals; Criminology; Justice; Law Enforcement; Laws; Punishment; Sentencing; Victims of Crime; Violence |
Abstract | Investigates whether the victim-offender relationship plays a role in determining the original charge, crime conviction, and sentence length of inmates in prison for violent crimes. Results indicate the victim-offender relationship is related to the legal processing in paradoxical ways. Thus, although nonstranger offenders are charged with and convicted of more serious crimes, stranger offenders receive significantly longer sentences. Discusses implications. (KW) |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |