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victim theories  

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  • The primary thrust of criminal justice has always been thought of as dealing with perpetrators: those who commit crime. Focus on the victim of crime, however, has ebbed and flowed throughout the history of criminal justice. [Source: Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment; Victim Theories]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-V3J9WJKC-G

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