Victims of Crime and the Victimization Process

Herausgeber: Mcshane

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Volume 6 in the 6-volume series titled Criminal Justice: Contemporary Literature in Theory and Practice. This compilation of articles attempts to fill gaps in existing resources with some of the best current statements on the topic. Subjects include the characteristics of victims, the effects of crime on victims, and some contemporary theories of victimization. Also included are evaluations of a variety of victim-oriented policies and programs, such as victim assistance, peace-making, and victim-impact statements. This title will be of great utility to students, scholars, and others with interests in the literature of criminal justice and criminology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 394
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 569g
• ISBN-13: 9781138878518
• ISBN-10: 1138878510
• Artikelnr.: 42788572

Autorenporträt

Marilyn McShane, Frank P. Williams III California State University-San Bernardino

Inhaltsangabe

Series Introduction
Volume Introduction
Fighting Fire with Fire: The Effects of Victim Resistance in Intimate Versus Stranger Perpetrated Assaults Against Females
Determining Police Response to Domestic Violence Victims: The Role of Victim Preference
The Effects of Victim Impact Statements on Sentencing Decisions: A Test in an Urban Setting
Juvenile Victimization and Delinquency
From Crime Policy to Victim Policy: The Need for a Fundamental Policy Change
The Psychological Adjustment of Recent Crime Victims in the Criminal Justice System
The Hate Crime Statistics Act of 1990
Ecological and Behavioral Influences on Property Victimization at Home: Implications for Opportunity Theory
A Portrait of Crime Victims Who Fight Back
United States Crime Victim Assistance: History
Organization and Evaluation
A Critique of the Concept of Victim in Traditional Victimology
Understanding Theories of Criminal Victimization
Psychological Distress Following Criminal Victimization in the General Population: Cross-Sectional
Longitudinal
and Prospective Analyses
Advice to Crime Victims: Effects of Crime
Victim
and Advisor Factors
Long-Term Consequences of Victimization by White-Collar Crime
Cross-Site Analysis of Victim-Offender Mediation in Four States
New Wine and Old Wineskins: Four Challenges of Restorative Justice
Acknowledgments