"Second Wounds is a nuanced study of how victims' rights has become not only a key factor in legal decisions but also a central influence on how crime is covered by journalists and understood as a social phenomenon. In her complex analysis of the rise of the victims' rights movement, Carrie A. Rentschler unpacks the politics of victimization while remaining empathetic to victim-centered activists. This is interdisciplinary scholarship at its best, drawing on legal discourse, cultural studies, feminist theory, and media studies in highly original ways." Marita Sturken, New York University "Second Wounds is a terrific book, an important, timely work of cultural history grounded in thorough research and inventive analysis. Carrie A. Rentschler offers a deft account of the origin of victims' rights advocacy and its influence on thinking about violence across the political, psychological, and media professions, and through them, across American public life." Fred Turner, author of From Counterculture to Cyberculture: Stewart Brand, the Whole Earth Network, and the Rise of Digital Utopianism
