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Victimology / William G. Doerner, Steven P. Lab.
LIBRA HV6250.25 .D64 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Doerner, William G., 1949-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Victims of crimes.
- Criminal statistics.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 427 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Edition:
- Third edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cincinnati, OH : Anderson Pub. Co., 2002.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 The Scope of Victimology 1
- The Victim Throughout History 1
- The Reemergence of the Victim 3
- Empirical Studies of Victim Precipitation 9
- A New Approach: General Victimology 13
- Critical Victimology 16
- The Victim Movement 17
- Chapter 2 Gauging the Extent of Criminal Victimization 25
- The Uniform Crime Reports 26
- Statistics from the UCR 27
- Victimization Surveys 30
- Statistics from the NCVS 43
- Repeat Victimization 48
- Chapter 3 The Costs of Being a Victim 53
- The Consequences of Victimization 54
- Prosecutorial-Based Victim-Witness Projects 63
- Beyond the Prosecutor's Office 72
- Dissenting Voices 76
- Chapter 4 Remedying the Plight of Victims 81
- Offender Restitution 82
- Civil Litigation 89
- Private Insurance 93
- Victim Compensation 93
- Does Victim Compensation Work? 101
- Chapter 5 Sexual Assault 109
- Defining Sexual Assault 110
- Measuring the Extent of Rape 113
- Theories of Sexual Assault 121
- The Aftermath of Rape 126
- Legal Reforms 130
- The Impact of Legal Reform 138
- Responding to Sexual Assault Victims 140
- Chapter 6 Spouse Abuse 149
- A Brief History of Spousal Violence 150
- The Extent of Spousal Violence 152
- Theories of Spouse Abuse 156
- Police Intervention 161
- The Minneapolis Experiment 165
- Reaction to the Minneapolis Experiment 167
- The Minneapolis Experiment Replications 173
- Prosecutorial and Judicial Action 175
- Coordinating System Approaches 181
- More Recent Responses 183
- Chapter 7 Child Maltreatment 199
- The Discovery of Child Maltreatment 199
- Understanding the Discovery of Child Maltreatment 201
- A Survey of Child Maltreatment Laws 202
- The Incidence of Child Maltreatment 210
- Some Characteristics of Maltreated Children 213
- Theories of Child Maltreatment 214
- Some Coping Strategies 218
- Chapter 8 Elder Abuse 233
- Defining the Elderly 234
- Criminal Victimization of the Elderly 234
- Fear of Crime 236
- Elder Abuse and Neglect 241
- The Incidence of Elder Maltreatment 246
- Some Characteristics of Victims and Offenders 249
- Institutional Abuse 251
- Theories of Elder Abuse and Neglect 253
- Responding to Elder Abuse and Neglect 257
- Chapter 9 Homicide 263
- The Extent of Homicide Victimization 264
- Theories of Homicide Victimization 271
- Survivors of Homicide Victimization 285
- Chapter 10 Victimization at Work and School 293
- Victimization at Work 294
- Victimization at School 307
- Sexual Harassment 318
- Chapter 11 Victim Rights 327
- Victim Rights Amendment 328
- Victim Rights Legislation 336
- The Effect of Victim Rights Legislation 346
- Victim Impact Statements 346
- Informal Victim Participation 350.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-406) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1583605231
- OCLC:
- 48857863
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