Sorry? You wrote 'I'd like to see some parallel discussion of the
>concepts of 'crime victim,' because in this case, all the press (including
>the disability press) focused on the murder 'victim' and 'blamed' the
>disabled man.'
Did not the disabled man actually kill the murder victim?
Time for a reality check on your part methinks!
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> From: Devva Kasnitz <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask]
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Crime Victims With Disabilities
> Date: 16 May 1999 21:33
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> Let's have an informal talk about this at SDS!
>
>
> devva
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>
> At 10:07 AM 5/15/99 +0100, you wrote:
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> >Dona wrote about the 'Crime victims with disabilities act.' I'm
currently
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> >writing a paper about mental illness, disability and
institutionalisation.
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> >One of the 'cases' I look at involves a disabled person who, because of
>
> >widespread 'system failure' ended up committing a serious crime for
which
>
> >he was institutionalised in a secure mental hospital for life. If Dona's
>
> >post sparks a discussion, I'd like to see some parallel discussion of
the
>
> >concepts of 'crime victim,' because in this case, all the press
(including
>
> >the disability press) focused on the murder 'victim' and 'blamed' the
>
> >disabled man. In fact the disability press were worse in this respect.
>
> >Comments please
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> >
>
> >Best
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> >
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> >
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> >Mairian
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> >
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> ><<snip>
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> >>
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> >>Many of you have followed the progress of U.S. Senate Bill 1976 "Crime
>
> >>Victims with Disabilities Awareness Act" (to see the full Bill, go to
>
> >>http://thomas.loc.gov and search the 105th Congress, then SB 1976).
This
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> >>Bill, signed by President Clinton in 1998, mandated the first-ever
national
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> >>study of crime victims with disabilities, and originally asked for
$850,000
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> >>to complete the research (and other work mandated by the Bill)....
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