Leah E. Daigle 
Victimology [EPUB ebook] 
The Essentials

Victimology: The Essentials, Third Edition, concisely explores the effects of victimization in the United States and internationally, with an emphasis on vulnerable populations. Drawing from the most up-to-date research, this accessible, student-friendly text provides an overview of the field with a focus on the scope, causes, and responses to victimization today. Renowned author and researcher Leah E. Daigle expertly relays the history and development of the field of victimology, the extent to which people are victimized and why, and how the criminal justice system and other social services interact with victims and with each other. The highly anticipated Third Edition features contemporary issues such as cybervictimization, the neurobiology of trauma, the victimization of LGBQT people, and much more.

قائمة المحتويات

Preface

Acknowledgments

CHAPTER 1. Introduction to Victimology

Learning Objectives

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

Summary

Discussion Questions

Key Terms

Internet Resources

Multimedia Resources

CHAPTER 2. Extent, Theories, and Factors of Victimization

Learning Objectives

Measuring Victimization

Theories and Explanations of Victimization

Summary

Discussion Questions

Key Terms

Internet Resources

Multimedia Resources

CHAPTER 3. Consequences of Victimization

Learning Objectives

Physical Injury

Psychological Consequences

Economic Costs

System Costs

Vicarious Victimization

Reporting

Fear of Crime

Summary

Discussion Questions

Key Terms

Internet Resources

Multimedia Resources

CHAPTER 4. Recurring Victimization

Learning Objectives

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

Preventing Recurring Victimization

Summary

Discussion Questions

Key Terms

Internet Resources

Multimedia Resources

CHAPTER 5. Victims’ Rights and Remedies

Learning Objectives

Victims’ Rights

Financial Remedy

Remedies and Rights in Court

Summary

Discussion Questions

Key Terms

Internet Resources

Multimedia Resources

CHAPTER 6. Homicide Victimization: Written by Lisa R. Muftic and revised by Leah E. Daigle

Learning Objectives

Defining Homicide Victimization

Measurement and Extent of Homicide Victimization

Risk Factors for and Characteristics of Homicide Victimization

Types of Homicide Victimization

Victim Precipitation

Indirect or Secondary Victimization

Legal and Community Responses to Homicide Victimization

Summary

Discussion Questions

Key Terms

Internet Resources

Multimedia Resources

CHAPTER 7. Sexual Victimization

Learning Objectives

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

Special Case: Sexual Victimization of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Queer, and Transgender People

Legal and Criminal Justice Responses to Sexual Victimization

Prevention and Intervention

Summary

Discussion Questions

Key Terms

Internet Resources

Multimedia Resources

CHAPTER 8. Intimate Partner Violence

Learning Objectives

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 Abusive Relationships Continue

Criminal Justice System Responses to Intimate Partner Violence

Legal and Community Responses

Summary

Discussion Questions

Key Terms

Internet Resources

Multimedia Resources

CHAPTER 9. Victimization at the Beginning and End of Life: Child and Elder Abuse

Learning Objectives

Child Maltreatment

Elder Maltreatment

Summary

Discussion Questions

Key Terms

Internet Resources

Multimedia Resources

CHAPTER 10. Victimization at School and Work

Learning Objectives

Victimization at School

Victimization at School: Grades K–12

Victimization at School: College

Victimization at Work

Summary

Discussion Questions

Key Terms

Internet Resources

Multimedia Resources

CHAPTER 11. Property Victimization, Identity Theft Victimization, and Cybervictimization

Learning Objectives

Property Victimization

Identity Theft

Prevention

Cybervictimization

Summary

Discussion Questions

Key Terms

Internet Resources

Multimedia Resources

CHAPTER 12. Victimization of Special Populations

Learning Objectives

Victimization of Persons With Disabilities

Victimization of Persons With Mental Illness

Victimization of the Incarcerated

Summary

Discussion Questions

Key Terms

Internet Resources

Multimedia Resources

CHAPTER 13. Victimology From a Comparative Perspective: Written by Lisa R. Muftic and revised by Leah E. Daigle

Learning Objectives

Victimology Across the Globe

Measurement and Extent of Victimization Across the Globe

Justice System Responses to Victimization

Victims’ Rights and Assistance Programs

Different Approaches in Different Locales

Summary

Discussion Questions

Key Terms

Internet Resources

Multimedia Resources

CHAPTER 14. Contemporary Issues in Victimology

Learning Objectives

Victims of Hate Crimes

Victims of Human Trafficking

Victims of Terrorism

Summary

Discussion Questions

Key Terms

Internet Resources

Multimedia Resources

Glossary

References

Index

About the Author

عن المؤلف

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 Ph D 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.