Violent crime and victim compensation: Implications for social justice

Violence and Victims

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 307-321

  Smith, Hayden P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Restitution; Social justice models; Victim compensation; Victim of Crime Act (VOCA)

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COMPENSATION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMINISM; HUMAN; INJURY; SOCIAL JUSTICE; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33744817621     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/vivi.21.3.307     Document Type: Article

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