First, inasmuch as the story recounts an innocent man’s mistreatment at the hands of violent assailants, it offers a window into the bitter experience of criminal victimization. This is the most obvious connection with the theme of criminal justice, though it is rarely spelled out in any real detail, even in essays specifically on victimology.20 Admittedly, nothing is said in the account about the man’s subjective responses to his assault or its aftermath, and in many respects