{"product_id":"third-parties-leslie-sebba-9780814206683","title":"Third Parties: Victims and the Criminal Justice System","description":"Recent years have seen a heightened awareness of the plight of victims of crime and their neglect by the traditional criminal justice system. Many jurisdictions have adopted a \"Bill of Rights\" for the victim; public funds have been established to compensate victims; courts have been enjoined to order offenders to make restitution; welfare agencies have developed programs to provide victims with assistance; and courts are inviting victims to testify at the sentencing hearings of their offenders. These reforms have been accompanied by a growing body of literature. What has been lacking until now is an overview that looks at their philosophical underpinnings and considers how these different proposals are conceptually related to one another and to other prevailing criminal justice doctrines and ideologies. Leslie Sebba fills this gap in Third Parties. Sebba first establishes a set of criteria by which to evaluate reforms by identifying the parameters of an optimal criminal justice system. From this perspective, he then discusses individual victim-related reforms. What emerges most clearly from Sebba's timely and encyclopedic work is the need to rethink many of the issues involved. The first book-length study of its kind, this volume is recommended reading for policy makers in the field of victim reform and is essential for scholars and students in victimology, victims and the criminal justice system, the sociology of law, criminal justice policy, and law and social policy. \u003cb\u003eLeslie Sebba\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of criminology on the faculty of law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eRehabilitation as Punishment: The Treatment of Drug-Addict Offenders\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePunishment under the \"Service Work\" Law: An Evaluation\u003c\/i\u003e and the co-editor of \u003ci\u003eCriminology in Perspective: Essays in Honor of Israel Drapkin.\u003c\/i\u003e He is one of the founding editors of \u003ci\u003eThe International Review of Victimology.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leslie Sebba\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814206689\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814206683\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/26\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 446\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.02d","brand":"Leslie Sebba","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47202185249023,"sku":"9780814206683","price":47.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7546e9f6-2c6b-4db8-9b18-4b4b13005e60.jpg?v=1756819871","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/third-parties-leslie-sebba-9780814206683","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}