Crime and Punishment in Suburbia Crime and Punishment in Suburbia Crime and Punishment in Suburbia is a 2000 film directed by Rob Schmidt and starring Monica Keena (as Roseanne Skolnick), Ellen Barkin (as Maggie Skolnick), Michael Ironside (as Fred Skolnick), James DeBello (as Jimmy) and Vincent Kartheiser (as Vincent). The film is a contemporary fable loosely based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky's "Crime and Punishment". Roseanne (Monica Keena) is outwardly a perfect and popular teen, who suffers from a dysfunctional home life. Her mother (Ellen Barkin) begins an affair with a local man (Jeffrey Wright) and leaves her to live alone with her alcoholic stepfather (Michael Ironside).
The Crime Victim's Book The Crime Victim's Book The Crime Victim's Book, first published in 1979, is a volume co-authored by Dr. Morton Bard (1924-1997) and Dawn Sangrey (). which provides practical information on how best to identify and support the needs of crime victims. "The Crime Victim's Book" was considered for a time after its publication a "bible" for advocates as well as crime victims. "Kirkus Reviews" stated that the authors "investigate the victim's feelings following a crime--disorientation, violation, helplessness--and show how insensitivity (from friends, family, police, etc.) can compound the hurt or, conversely, how tactful crisis intervention can speed the individual's recovery.