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Drawing from the most up-to-date research,
Victimology: A Trauma-Informed Approach is an accessible, student-friendly text that provides students with an overview of the field of Victimology.
About the author
Leah E. Daigle is 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 is 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
Victimology: A Text/Reader (2nd ed.),
Victimology: The Essentials (2nd ed.), coauthor of
Criminals in the Making: Criminality Across the Life Course, Victimology, and
Unsafe in the Ivory Tower: The Sexual Victimization of College Women, 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
Justice Quarterly, Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, and
Victims and Offenders.
