| Victim: The Other Side of Murder Contributor(s): Kinder, Gary (Author) |
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ISBN: 0871137356 ISBN-13: 9780871137357 Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1999 Annotation: Now a classic of true crime, "Victim" takes a compelling and tragic look at how lives are changed forever by a random act of violence. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - True Crime | Murder - General - Social Science | Criminology |
| Dewey: 364.152 |
| LCCN: 98045612 |
| Physical Information: 0.93" H x 6.01" W x 9" (0.99 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Death/Dying |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Now a classic of true crime, Victim is a compelling and tragic look at how lives can be changed forever by a random act of violence. During an armed robbery, several hostages were brutally tortured, shot in the head, and left for dead. Victim focuses on the members of one family -- including a mother who died after the attack and a son who was left barely alive -- as they fought for his survival and struggled to rebuild their lives. Victim was the first book to go beyond the headlines and statistics about violent crime, to tell the victims' dramatic story of love, loss and courage. It remains one of the most influential books in the victims' rights movement and has become required reading in criminology courses across the country. It may be more relevant now than ever. Victim is Truman Capote's In Cold Blood turned inside out. -- Newsweek; Just as Capote did, Kinder has somehow created a story that is truer than true. -- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |