Full Description
Victimology, Tenth Edition, covers the scope of crime victims' suffering in the US, offering a history of victims and the measurement of victimization, an explanation of the victim's role in the criminal justice process, and a recounting of the issues crime victims face as a result of crime and involvement in the criminal justice process. Doerner and Lab, both well-regarded scholars, write compellingly about how the current criminal's justice system can be transformed into a victim's justice system. Theory is woven together with the description of each topic, and specific examples illustrate each point. The book goes on to address the full impact of victimization, and a final section details specific types of victimization, ranging from violent crimes, including child and elder abuse, to property crime, to crime in the school and in the workplace. The authors explain how obstacles hinder the pursuit of justice, and provide significant policy and programming suggestions to render the system more victim-friendly.
Appropriate for undergraduate as well as early graduate students in Victimology courses in Criminology, Criminal Justice, Sociology, and Justice Studies programs, this book offers instructor's aides with test bank and PowerPoint lecture slides as well as a companion site with student resources.
Contents
PART I: DEFINITION AND SCOPE
Chapter 1: The Scope of Victimology
Chapter 2: Measuring Criminal Victimization
PART II: ADDRESSING THE IMPACT OF VICTIMIZATION
Chapter 3: The Costs of Victimization
Chapter 4: Remedying the Impact of Victimization
Chapter 5: Restorative Justice
Chapter 6: Victim Rights
PART III: TYPES OF VICTIMIZATION
Chapter 7: Traditional Crimes
Chapter 8: Sexual Battery
Chapter 9: Intimate Partner Violence
Chapter 10: Child Maltreatment
Chapter 11: Crime and the Elderly
Chapter 12: Hate Crime Victimization
Chapter 13: Victimization at School
Chapter 14: Victimization at Work
