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In After Homicide, the author explores what the families of murder victims confront as they encounter the multiple members of the criminal justice system—police officers and counselors, prosecutors and judges, and more.

The author traces each step of a murder investigation and trial, and also deals with situations where no arrests are made and those where the perpetrator commits suicide at the scene of the crime. Based on extensive field research, her book is a uniquely comprehensive look at how the families of victims are helped, and sometimes hindered, by the justice system.



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“A remarkably successful merger of the academic and the practical.” - Sam Bieler, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books

"An important contribution.... Goodrum offers a detailed and nuanced look at the relationships of victims' families with the full range of actors in the justice system. Her findings are significant both for sociologists and for those who work with families bereaved by murder." - Margaret Vandiver, University of Memphis

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After Homicide

After Homicide: Victims’ Families in the Criminal

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      Publisher Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc
      Published 30 November 2019
      ISBN-13 9781626378322
      978-1626378322
      ISBN-10 1626378320
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      Crime and criminology Criminal investigation and detection

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      In After Homicide, the author explores what the families of murder victims confront as they encounter the multiple members of the criminal justice system—police officers and counselors, prosecutors and judges, and more.

      The author traces each step of a murder investigation and trial, and also deals with situations where no arrests are made and those where the perpetrator commits suicide at the scene of the crime. Based on extensive field research, her book is a uniquely comprehensive look at how the families of victims are helped, and sometimes hindered, by the justice system.



      Trade Review
      “A remarkably successful merger of the academic and the practical.” - Sam Bieler, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books

      "An important contribution.... Goodrum offers a detailed and nuanced look at the relationships of victims' families with the full range of actors in the justice system. Her findings are significant both for sociologists and for those who work with families bereaved by murder." - Margaret Vandiver, University of Memphis

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      After Homicide

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