Why Does This Chapter Refer to Victims as the "Orphans

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Essay

Why does this chapter refer to victims as the "orphans" of the criminal justice system? Explain why shifting the criminal justice system from a focus on the offender towards the needs of victims has been such a slow process.

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Definitions:

Palindromic Sequence

A sequence of DNA or RNA that is the same when read forwards or backwards.

DNA Sequence

The precise order of nucleotides within a DNA molecule, which determines the genetic information carried by that molecule.

Genomic Library

A collection of DNA fragments that represent the entire genome of an organism, stored in vectors and maintained in host cells for study.

Spliced

The process of removing introns and joining exons together in a pre-mRNA molecule to form a mature mRNA strand.