Victimology: A Comprehensive Approach

by Leah E. Daigle, Lisa R. Muftic

Overview

Drawing from the most up-to-date research and emerging issues, Victimology: A Comprehensive Approach is an accessible, student-friendly text that provides students with an overview of the causes and consequences of victimization and the responses to those causes. Renowned authors and researchers Leah E. Daigle and Lisa R. Muftic use a consistent framework throughout to help readers understand why people are victimized, as well as how the criminal justice system and other social services interact with victims and each other. The focus on causes and responses equips students with the foundational knowledge needed to apply key concepts to real-life situations. Emphasizing the impact of trauma on individuals and opportunities for prevention, this supportive text offers incisive discussions of recurring victimization and the victim-offender overlap with a global focus. The streamlined Second Edition explores emerging topics within this growing field, including immigration and victimization, bullying, homicides and sexual assaults involving LGBTQ persons, school shootings, and more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781544344133
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	01/24/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	432
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

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 PhD 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.

Lisa R. Muftic is professor and chair in the Department of Criminal Justice&Sociology at Western New England University.  She received her PhD in criminal justice from North Dakota State University in 2006.  For the 2012-2013 academic year she was appointed the US Fulbright Scholar to Bosnia and Herzegovina where she was a visiting faculty member with the Faculty of Criminal Justice Sciences, Criminology and Security Studies at the University of Sarajevo.  Dr. Muftic has extensive experience in the areas of violence against women, human trafficking, and international criminal justice issues, with special expertise regarding the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina.  Her published scholarship has appeared in well-respected refereed journals including Justice Quarterly, Crime&Delinquency, Journal of Research in Crime&Delinquency, Violence Against Women, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, and Victims and Offenders.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Chapter 1 • Introduction to Victimology
What Is Victimology?
The History of Victimology: Before the Victims’ Rights Movement
Victimology Across the Globe
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
Chapter 2 • Extent, Theories, and Factors of Victimization
Measuring Victimization
Theories and Explanations of Victimization
Summary
Discussion Questions
Key Terms
Internet Resources
Chapter 3 • The Victim–Offender Overlap
The Link Between Victimization and Offending
Explaining the Link Between Victimization and Offending
The Victim–Offender Overlap and Specific Types of Victimization
Summary
Discussion Questions
Key Terms
Internet Resources
Chapter 4 • Consequences of Victimization
Physical Consequences
Psychological Consequences
Behavioral Reactions
Economic Costs
System Costs
Vicarious Victimization
Reporting
Fear of Crime
Summary
Discussion Questions
Key Terms
Internet Resources
Chapter 5 • Recurring Victimization
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
Focus on Research
Prevention
Summary
Discussion Questions
Key Terms
Internet Resources
Chapter 6 • Victims’ Rights and Remedies
Victims’ Rights
Financial Remedy
Remedies and Rights in Court
Summary
Discussion Questions
Key Terms
Internet Resources
Chapter 7 • Homicide Victimization
Defining Homicide Victimization
Measurement and Extent of Homicide Victimization
Risk Factors for and Characteristics of Homicide Victimization
Different Types of Homicide Victimization
Victim Precipitation
Indirect (Secondary) Victimization
Legal and Community Responses to Homicide Victimization
Summary
Discussion Questions
Key Terms
Internet Resources
Chapter 8 • Sexual Victimization
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
Sexual Victimization of Males
Sexual Victimization of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Queer, and Transgender People
Social Media and the Internet as Tools of Sexual Victimization
Legal and Criminal Justice Responses to Sexual Victimization
Prevention and Intervention
Summary
Discussion Questions
Key Terms
Internet Resources
Chapter 9 • Intimate Partner Violence
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
Chapter 10 • Victimization at the Beginning and End of Life: Child and Elder Abuse
Child Maltreatment
Elder Maltreatment
Summary
Discussion Questions
Key Terms
Internet Resources
Chapter 11 • Victimization of Special Populations
Victimization of Persons With Disabilities
Victimization of Persons With Mental Illness
Victimization of the Incarcerated
Summary
Discussion Questions
Key Terms
Internet Resources
Chapter 12 • Victimization at School and Work
Victimization at School
Victimization at School: Grades K–12
Victimization at School: College
Victimization at Work
Summary
Discussion Questions
Key Terms
Internet Resources
Chapter 13 • Contemporary Issues in Victimology: Victims of Hate Crimes, Human Trafficking, Terrorism, and Identity Theft
Victims of Hate Crimes
Victims of Human Trafficking
Victims of Terrorism
Identity Theft Victimization
Summary
Discussion Questions
Key Terms
Internet Resources
Glossary
References
Index

Editorial Reviews

For an undergraduate course, this is the most thorough text I have seen for victimology. I would recommend it over others because it has a clear scope and sequence, easily identifiable learning objectives, and excellent ancillary materials.

Martha Earwood

This textbook is a comprehensive overview of the study of victimization. It provides students with a detailed look at the field of victimology in terms of the nature and extent of victimization, as well as explanations and responses to victimization. It is extremely well written and accessible to students. I appreciate the authors’ incorporation of current literature and detailed description of key concepts in the field. I highly recommend it for undergraduate victimology courses.

Christina Policastro

A solid, well-written, reasonably priced textbook that does well in covering the basics in the field of victimology.”

Barbara Carson

Daigle and Muftic’s Victimology offers a thorough state-of-the-art review of victimology. It is required reading for both junior and senior scholars interested in learning about the causes and consequences of victimization across the life-course.

Eric Connolly