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Search And Destroy: African American Males In The Criminal Justice System. Jerome J. Miller
Search And Destroy: African American Males In The Criminal Justice System. Jerome J. Miller
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Jerome J. Miller. Search and Destroy: African American Males in the Criminal Justice System. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1996. $ 24.95 hardcover.
The Framing Of Political Advocacy And Service Responses In The Crime Victim Rights Movement, Frank J. Weed
The Framing Of Political Advocacy And Service Responses In The Crime Victim Rights Movement, Frank J. Weed
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
This paper analyses two major aspects of the mobilizing frames found among local organizations in the crime victim rights movement. A national survey of 301 organizations demonstrated that organizations shape their service/action responses in terms of three conceptualizations of the "victim problem." These conceptualizations clearly influence the pattern of service programs found in different types of organizations. In addition it is shown that some types of organizations are more oriented to political advocacy than others; yet all types of organizations are more apt to be involved in political action if their staff members are oriented to "victim rights" framed as …