The Victims of Crime
by Robert A. Jerin Laura J. Moriarty
RRP €52.95
The Victims of Crime
by Author Name Robert A. Jerin, Laura J. Moriarty
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- List Price: €52.95
- Format: Paperback, 232 x 181 x 17mm, 360pp
- Publication date: 11 Jan 2009
- Publisher: Prentice Hall
- ISBN-13: 9780135028353
Description
The Victims of Crime provides indispensable information on all aspects of crime victimization, victims, rights, and victims, services. Organized in an easy-to-follow, four-part format, it provides a look at important events in the field, up-to-date statistical victimization data, and a theoretical understanding of how and why individuals become victims of crime. Taking a systems approach, it devotes extensive coverage to the crime victim,s interaction with the criminal justice system and includes an entire chapter on economic victimizations.
Contents
SECTION I: VICTIMOLOGY 1. Victims of Crime: An Overview 2. Crime Victimization: Statistics, Theories, and Victimology 3. Crime Prevention SECTION II: CRIME VICTIMS AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM 4. Crime Victims and Law Enforcement 5. Crime Victims and the Courts 6. Crime Victims, Corrections, and Restorative Justice SECTION III: INTERPERSONAL VICTIMIZATION 7. Sexual Victimization 8. Intimate Partner Violence 9. Children as Victims 10. Victimization of the Elderly SECTION IV: STRANGER VICTIMIZATION 11. Economic Victimizations 12. Hate Crimes and Special Populations 13. Mass Violence 14. International Victimization, Assistance and the Future of the Victims of Crime