Crime victims : an introduction to victimology

Summary: "Crime Victims: An Introduction to Victimology", Tenth Edition offers the most comprehensive and balanced exploration of victimology available today. The author examines the victims' plight, carefully placing statistics from the FBI's Uniform Crime Report and Bureau of Justice Statistics National Crime Victimization Survey in context. At the same time, he "humanizes" victims' stories through compelling case studies. The text systematically investigates how victims are currently handled by the criminal justice system, analyzes the goals of the victims' rights movement, and discusses what the future is likely to hold. This Tenth Edition presents current coverage of the seriousness of intimate partner violence, child abuse, sexual assaults in the U.S. military, acquaintance rapes on college campuses, shootings on campuses, whether arming for self-protection is an effective strategy, and similar high-profile issues. It also includes new information about "survivorology" and "bystanderology" as well as new material on practical issues facing victims. -- From publisher's description.

Record details

ISBN: 9780357037799
ISBN: 0357037790
ISBN: 9780357020876
ISBN: 0357020871
Physical Description: print
xxxv, 662 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: Tenth edition.
Publisher: Boston, MA : Cengage Learning, [2020]
Copyright: ©2020

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 567-638) and indexes.

Formatted Contents Note:

What is victimology? -- The rediscovery of crime victims -- Victimization in the United States: an overview -- A closer look at the victims of interpersonal crimes of violence and theft -- The ongoing controversy over shared responsibility -- Victims and the police -- Victims' reights and the criminal justice system -- Victimized children -- Victims of violence by lovers and family members -- Victims of rapes and other sexual assaults -- Additional groups of victims with special problems -- Repaying victims -- Victims in the twenty-first century: alternative directions.