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Cengage Crime Victims An Introduction to Victimology 2015 Edition by Andrew Karmen
A first in the field when initially published and now a true classic, CRIME VICTIMS: AN INTRODUCTION TO VICTIMOLOGY, Ninth Edition offers the most comprehensive and balanced exploration of victimology available today. The author examines the victims' plight, carefully placing statistics from the FBI's Uniform Crime Report and Bureau of Justice Statistics National Crime Victimization Survey in context. At the same time, he "humanizes" victims' stories through compelling case studies. The text systematically investigates how victims are currently handled by the criminal justice system, analyzes the goals of the victims' rights movement, and discusses what the future is likely to hold. This Ninth Edition presents current coverage of the seriousness of intimate partner violence, child abuse, sexual assaults in the U.S. military, acquaintance rapes on college campuses, shootings on campuses, whether arming for self-protection is an effective strategy, and similar high-profile issues. It also includes new information about "survivorology" and "bystanderology" as well as new material on practical issues facing victims._x000D_ Table of Contents :- _x000D_
1. What Is Victimology?_x000D_
2. The Rediscovery of Crime Victims._x000D_
3. Victimization in the United States: An Overview._x000D_
4. Violent Crimes: Murders and Robberies._x000D_
5. Victims' Contributions to the Crime Problem._x000D_
6. Victims and the Criminal Justice System: Cooperation and Conflict; Part 1: The Police._x000D_
7. Victims and the Criminal Justice System: Cooperation and Conflict; Part 2: Prosecutors, Defense Attorneys, Judges, Juries, and Corrections Officials._x000D_
8. Victimized Children._x000D_
9. Victims of Violence by Lovers and Family Members._x000D_
10. Victims of Rapes and Other Sexual Assaults._x000D_
11. Additional Groups of Victims with Special Problems._x000D_
12. Repaying Victims._x000D_
13. Victims in the Twenty-First Century: Alternative Directions._x000D_
Glossary._x000D_
References._x000D_
Name Index._x000D_
Subject Index._x000D_