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After Homicide : Victims Families in the Criminal Justice System / Sarah Goodrum.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 1 online resource (217 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781626378452
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.88 23
LOC classification:
  • HV6529
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. After Homicide -- 2. The News Is Delivered -- 3. The Police Investigate -- 4. Prosecutors Take Over -- 5. Crisis Counselors Intervene -- 6. Awaiting and Enduring the Trial -- 7. Searching for Meaning -- 8. Seeking and Surviving Justice -- Appendix: Data Collection and Analysis -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book
Summary: In After Homicide, Sarah Goodrum examines the experiences of the families of murder victims as they encounter detectives, prosecutors, counselors, and others in the criminal justice system. Goodrum traces each step of a murder investigation and trial, drawing on personal accounts and other primary sources. Based on extensive field research, her book is a uniquely comprehensive look at how the families of homicide victims are helped, and sometimes hindered, by the justice system.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781626378452

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. After Homicide -- 2. The News Is Delivered -- 3. The Police Investigate -- 4. Prosecutors Take Over -- 5. Crisis Counselors Intervene -- 6. Awaiting and Enduring the Trial -- 7. Searching for Meaning -- 8. Seeking and Surviving Justice -- Appendix: Data Collection and Analysis -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book

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In After Homicide, Sarah Goodrum examines the experiences of the families of murder victims as they encounter detectives, prosecutors, counselors, and others in the criminal justice system. Goodrum traces each step of a murder investigation and trial, drawing on personal accounts and other primary sources. Based on extensive field research, her book is a uniquely comprehensive look at how the families of homicide victims are helped, and sometimes hindered, by the justice system.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 27. Jan 2023)