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Book SynopsisLearn about victimology from a true classic text in the field. CRIME VICTIMS: AN INTRODUCTION TO VICTIMOLOGY, Ninth 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. In this up-to-date edition, you'll read about the practical issues facing victims and learn about "survivorology" and "bystanderology." You'll also gain insight into the seriousness of intimate partner violence, child abuse, sexual assaults in the U.S. military, acquaintance rapes on college campuses, shootings on
Table of Contents1. What Is Victimology? 2. The Rediscovery of Crime Victims. 3. Victimization in the United States: An Overview. 4. Violent Crimes: Murders and Robberies. 5. Victims' Contributions to the Crime Problem. 6. Victims and the Criminal Justice System: Cooperation and Conflict; Part 1: The Police. 7. Victims and the Criminal Justice System: Cooperation and Conflict; Part 2: Prosecutors, Defense Attorneys, Judges, Juries, and Corrections Officials. 8. Victimized Children. 9. Victims of Violence by Lovers and Family Members. 10. Victims of Rapes and Other Sexual Assaults. 11. Additional Groups of Victims with Special Problems. 12. Repaying Victims. 13. Victims in the Twenty-First Century: Alternative Directions. Glossary. References. Name Index. Subject Index.
