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What Hope for Victims?

The Need for New Approaches, and for New Priorities

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Is there hope for Victims?1 Will it be possible to address the concerns of Victims of crime and injustice as society has begun addressing the requirements of other special-needs groups, such as the mentally and physically disabled?

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  1. Diane Sank Ph.D.
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  1. Department of Anthropology, The City College, City University of New York, 10031, New York, New York, USA

    Diane Sank Ph.D. (Professor) (Professor)

  2. 07940-1453, Madison, New Jersey, USA

    David I. Caplan Ph.D., L.L.B. (Attorney at Law, Patent Law) (Attorney at Law, Patent Law)

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Sank, D. (1991). What Hope for Victims?. In: Sank, D., Caplan, D.I. (eds) To Be a Victim. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-5974-4_26

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