{"product_id":"american-violence-survival-healing-and-the-failure-of-american-policy-9781793600578","title":"American Violence: Survival, Healing, and the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRichard Wright analyzes the current state of violence in America, the criminal justice system’s response, and the experiences of survivors in the aftermath of a violent crime. Despite decades of advocacy, change, and research, our policy responses embedded with historic and systemic values which rank victims and survivors not based on their trauma and loss, but by race, social status, gender, location, and age, remain quite flawed. Keeping the big picture in mind, Wright analyzes the unintended consequences of current, well-meaning policies, critiques the victim hierarchy, and sheds light on why American responses to the needs of violent crime victims have accrued a more failures than successes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1: American Violence Chapter 2: The Primary American Response to Violence: Incarceration \u0026amp; Punishment Chapter 3: The Aftermath of Violent Crime: The Victim Impact Statement Chapter 4: The Aftermath of Violent Crime: Victim Compensation Chapter 5: The Aftermath of Violent Crime: Gun Violence Victims Chapter 6: The Aftermath of Violent Crime: Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Chapter 7: The Aftermath of Violent Crime: The Activist Victim and Crime Policy Chapter 8: An Alternative: An American Truth and Reconciliation Commission?","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042605334871,"sku":"9781793600578","price":84.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781793600578.jpg?v=1750954831","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/american-violence-survival-healing-and-the-failure-of-american-policy-9781793600578","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}