Shattered Justice

KIMBERLY J. COOK is a professor of sociology and criminology at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. She is the director of the Restorative Justice Collaborative at UNCW. She is co-author with Saundra Westervelt of Life After Death Row: Exonerees' Search for Community and Identity (Rutgers University Press).

"With this book, Cook gives voice to the original crime victims of wrongful convictions and their family members whose experiences of surviving trauma and re-traumatization are very seldom heard. Cook puts her skills as a qualitative researcher, a feminist criminologist, and a restorative justice expert, to excellent use. Shattered Justice will be a transformative work with sustaining impact."— Elizabeth Webster, Loyola University-Chicago"A leading expert on wrongful conviction turns her attention to the original crime victims, who frequently receive little more than a fleeting mention following the outcome of these cases. Cook provides insights into their anguish as they try to make sense of what happened, and their struggles with trauma caused by the wrongful conviction and its aftermath. This is one of those rare books that will be a must read for academics, restorative justice practitioners, and policy makers—indeed it is a book for everyone who cares about the state of justice in this country and its victims."— Jayne Mooney, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

• AcknowledgmentsPart I: Studying Victims who Experience Exonerations (Primary and Secondary Trauma)Chapter 1: Introduction: Issues, Methods, and Participants Chapter 2: Shattered Lives Chapter 3: Shattered Investigations and TrialsChapter 4: Shattered Families Part II: Tertiary Trauma Chapter 5: Shattered Justice Chapter 6: Shattered SystemChapter 7: Elements of Tertiary Trauma Chapter 8: Shattered Grief, Loss, and CopingPart Three: Healing, Repair, and ReformChapter 9: Healing Justice Chapter 10: Repairing and Restoring JusticeWorks Cited