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Informationen zum Autor is associate professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University. She received her PhD in criminal justice from the University of Cincinnati in 2005. Her most recent research has centered on repeat sexual victimization of college women and responses women use during and after being sexually victimized. Her other research interests include the development and continuation of offending and victimization across the life course. She is author of , coauthor of and which was awarded the 2011 Outstanding Book Award by the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. She has also published numerous peer-reviewed articles that have appeared in outlets such as and Klappentext Zusammenfassung Providing an overview of the field of Victimology, this book includes coverage of the essentials of Victimology while relaying the history and development of the field. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1. Introduction to Victimology What Is Victimology? The History of Victimology: Before the Victims' Rights Movement 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 Chapter 2. Extent, Theories, and Factors of Victimization Measuring Victimization Theories and Explanations of Victimization 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 Chapter. 4 Consequences of Victimization Physical Injury Mental Health Consequences and Costs Economic Costs System Costs Vicarious Victimization Reporting Fear of Crime 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 Responses to Recurring Victimization Chapter 6. Victims' Rights and Remedies Victims' Rights Financial Remedy Remedies and Rights in Court 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 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 Special Case: Sexual Victimization of Males Legal and Criminal Justice Responses to Sexual Victimization Prevention and Intervention 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 Women Do Not Leave Abusive Relationships Criminal Justice System Responses to Intimate Partner Violence Legal and Community Responses Chapter 10. Victimization at the Beginning and End of Life Child Maltreatment Elder Maltreatment Chapter 11. Victimization of Special Populations Victimization of Persons With Disabilities Who Is Victimized? Patterns of Victimization Risk...
