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Understanding Genre through the Lens of Advocacy: The Rhetorical Work of the Victim Impact Statement
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Direct linkPropen, Amy D.; Schuster, Mary Lay – Written Communication, 2010
Through interviews with judges and victim advocates, courtroom observations, and rhetorical analyses of victims' reactions to proposed sentences, the authors examine the features that judges and advocates think make victims' arguments persuasive. The authors conclude that this genre, recently imposed upon the court, functions as a mediating device…
Descriptors: Victims of Crime, Civil Rights, Context Effect, Writing (Composition)
