Victims of Crime and Punishment: Interviews with Victims, Convicts, Their Families, and Support Groups

by Shirley Dicks

Overview

"Joseph Brown confessed to a burglary he committed with an accomplice, who got even by accusing Brown of a murder. Brown was convicted and sentenced to die, although the accomplice failed a polygraph test and admitted he lied. Brown, who came within hours of execution, was released after 13 years on death row"--from a chapter on a victim of punishment.

"It was a pretty rough time and we prayed that Yusuf would be found alive. Eighteen days after he disappeared, they found his body in an abandoned school.... After the funeral I was still in shock and not wanting to believe that my Yusuf would never again put his arms around my neck"--from a mother's story about her murdered son.

This thought-provoking collection of interviews provides an insight into the multifaceted issue of victims. Topics include personal accounts, support and survival, and voices for reform. Also discussed are organizations that provide assistance to victims.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786469451
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	03/09/2012
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	174
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Shirley Dicks is the author of 12 books, which are listed on her website at www.shirleydicks.org. She lives in Beechgrove, Tennessee.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

I. Victims of Crime

Personal Accounts
Debbie C. Darbois-Lowe, Daughter of Murder Victim     
Trevor Dicks, Mugging Victim     
Camille Bell, Mother of Murdered Child     
Pat Bare, Relative of Murder Victim     
M. Kerry Kennedy, Daughter of Robert Kennedy     
Coretta Scott King, Widow of Martin Luther King, Jr.     
Annie, Sexually Abused Child     

Support and Survival
Parents of Murdered Children     
National Organization for Victim Assistance     
Victim Service Agency     
Hope for Bereaved Parents     
The Compassionate Friends     
Mennonite Central Committee     
Women's Self Help Center     
National Victim Center     
Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund     
Help Our Children Exist     
Victims for Victims     
Victims Outreach     
Project Hope     
National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women     
On Dealing with a Violent Death     
Surviving When Someone You Love Was Murdered     

II. Victims of Punishment

Personal Accounts
Shirley Dicks, Mother of Death Row Inmate     
Wrongful Convictions     
Zel Morris, Wife of Death Row Inmate     
Sarah Easley, Mother of Executed Son     
To Those Who Murdered Jimmy Wingo     
Benjamin Alers, Vietnam Veteran Convicted of Murder     
Shabaka Waglini, Victim of 14 Years on Death Row     
Marie Deans, Death Penalty Legal Defense Coordinator     
Maria Dicks, Daughter of Death Row Inmate     
Anthony Guest, Death Row Inmate     
James Earl Ray, Victim of Society     

Support and Voices for Reform
People Against the Death Penalty     
Southern Prisoners' Defense Committee     
Reconciliation Ministries     
Death Penalty Resistance Project     
Tennessee's Death Row     
Amnesty International     
Mothers Opposed to Maltreatment of Service Members     
The Death Penalty as a Human Rights Issue     

Editorial Reviews

victims of crime and punishment relate their stories of pain, anger and fear...included is information about organizations that provide support”—Criminal Justice Abstracts; “useful...powerful”—Victim Support.

From the Publisher

"useful...powerful"

Victim Support

victims of crime and punishment relate their stories of pain, anger and fear...included is information about organizations that provide support

Criminal Justice Abstracts