TY  - CHAP
AB  - What do crime victims want? The answer suggested by Alexandre Dumas’ iconic character Edmund Dantés in The Count of Monte Cristo suggests that victims may want retribution, not revenge. Victims may seek more than restored honor or personal restitution. They may long for justice to prevail as an affirmation that the world still makes sense. Yet, Dumas also reminds us through the novel that human justice is only human and cannot provide this kind of cosmic guarantee. From this perspective, it is revenge, not retribution that looks more measured and more humane.
VL  - 31
SN  - 978-1-84950-252-8, 978-0-76231-074-6/1059-4337
DO  - 10.1016/S1059-4337(03)31005-1
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1016/S1059-4337(03)31005-1
AU  - Ross Meyer Linda
PY  - 2003
Y1  - 2003/01/01
TI  - THE NEW REVENGE AND THE OLD RETRIBUTION: INSIGHTS FROM MONTE CRISTO
T2  - Studies in Law, Politics and Society
T3  - Studies in Law, Politics, and Society
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 119
EP  - 142
Y2  - 2024/04/24
ER  -