Victimology : a comprehensive approach /: a comprehensive approach. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Leah E. Daigle, Georgia State University, Lisa R. Muftić, Western New England University.
• Authors: Daigle, Leah E; Muftić, Lisa R
• Contents: Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Chapter 1 • Introduction to Victimology; What Is Victimology?; The History of Victimology: Before the Victims’ Rights Movement; Victimology Across the Globe; The Role of the Victim in Crime: Victim Precipitation, Victim Facilitation, and Victim Provocation; The History of Victimology: The Victims’ Rights Movement; Contributions of the Victims’ Rights Movement; Victimology Today; Summary; Discussion Questions; Key Terms; Internet Resources; Chapter 2 • Extent, Theories, and Factors of Victimization; Measuring Victimization; Theories and Explanations of Victimization; Summary; Discussion Questions; Key Terms; Internet Resources; Chapter 3 • The Victim–Offender Overlap; The Link Between Victimization and Offending; Explaining the Link Between Victimization and Offending; The Victim–Offender Overlap and Specific Types of Victimization; Summary; Discussion Questions; Key Terms; Internet Resources; Chapter 4 • Consequences of Victimization; Physical Consequences; Psychological Consequences; Behavioral Reactions; Economic Costs; System Costs; Vicarious Victimization; Reporting; Fear of Crime; Summary; Discussion Questions; Key Terms; Internet Resources; Chapter 5 • Recurring Victimization; Types of Recurring Victimization; Extent of Recurring Victimization; Characteristics of Recurring Victimization; Risk Factors for Recurring Victimization; Theoretical Explanations of Recurring Victimization; Consequences of Recurring Victimization; Focus on Research; Prevention; Summary; Discussion Questions; Key Terms; Internet Resources; Chapter 6 • Victims’ Rights and Remedies; Victims’ Rights; Financial Remedy; Remedies and Rights in Court; Summary; Discussion Questions; Key Terms; Internet Resources; Chapter 7 • Homicide Victimization; Defining Homicide Victimization; Measurement and Extent of Homicide Victimization; Risk Factors for and Characteristics of Homicide Victimization; Different Types of Homicide Victimization; Victim Precipitation; Indirect (Secondary) Victimization; Legal and Community Responses to Homicide Victimization; Summary<br /> Discussion Questions; Key Terms; Internet Resources; Chapter 8 • Sexual Victimization; What Is Sexual Victimization?; Measurement and Extent of Sexual Victimization; Risk Factors for and Characteristics of Sexual Victimization; Responses to Sexual Victimization; Consequences of Sexual Victimization; Sexual Victimization of Males; Sexual Victimization of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Queer, and Transgender People; Social Media and the Internet as Tools of Sexual Victimization; Legal and Criminal Justice Responses to Sexual Victimization; Prevention and Intervention; Summary; Discussion Questions; Key Terms; Internet Resources; Chapter 9 • Intimate Partner Violence; Defining Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse; Measurement and Extent; Who Is Victimized?; Risk Factors and Theories for Intimate Partner Violence; Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence; Why Abusive Relationships Continue; Criminal Justice System Responses to Intimate Partner Violence; Legal and Community Responses; Summary; Discussion Questions; Key Terms; Internet Resources; Chapter 10 • Victimization at the Beginning and End of Life: Child and Elder Abuse; Child Maltreatment; Elder Maltreatment; Summary; Discussion Questions; Key Terms; Internet Resources; Chapter 11 • Victimization of Special Populations; Victimization of Persons With Disabilities; Victimization of Persons With Mental Illness; Victimization of the Incarcerated; Summary; Discussion Questions; Key Terms; Internet Resources; Chapter 12 • Victimization at School and Work; Victimization at School; Victimization at School: Grades K–12; Victimization at School: College; Victimization at Work; Summary; Discussion Questions; Key Terms; Internet Resources; Chapter 13 • Contemporary Issues in Victimology: Victims of Hate Crimes, Human Trafficking, Terrorism, and Identity Theft; Victims of Hate Crimes; Victims of Human Trafficking; Victims of Terrorism; Identity Theft Victimization; Summary; Discussion Questions; Key Terms; Internet Resources; Glossary; References; Index;
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (432 pages)
• Subjects: 362.88; Victims of crimes
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781544344157; 1544344155
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