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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780367418090 |
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Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Publication date: | 12/30/2020 |
Edition description: | 9th ed. |
Pages: | 388 |
Product dimensions: | 7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d) |
About the Author
Steven P. Lab is an Emeritus Professor of Criminal Justice at Bowling Green State University where he served as Director of Criminal Justice for 27 years and Chair of Human Services for 17 years. He holds a Ph.D. in Criminology from the Florida State University School of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Lab is the author or co-author of eight books, co-editor of one encyclopedia, and the author of more than 50 articles or book chapters. He is a past editor of the Journal of Crime and Justice and is Assistant Editor of Crime Prevention and Community Safety: An International Journal. Lab has been a visiting professor at the Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science of the University College London and at Keele University in Staffordshire, England, as well as a Visiting Fellow at Loughborough University (England) and a Research Consultant with the Perpetuity Research Group at Leicester University (England). Lab is also a past president of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.
Table of Contents
List of Figures | xiii | |
List of Tables | xvii | |
Chapter 1 | The Scope of Victimology | 1 |
Introduction | 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 | |
Summary and Overview of This Book | 21 | |
Key Terms | 23 | |
Chapter 2 | Gauging the Extent of Criminal Victimization | 25 |
Introduction | 25 | |
The Uniform Crime Reports | 26 | |
Statistics from the UCR | 27 | |
Victimization Surveys | 30 | |
Statistics from the NCVS | 43 | |
Repeat Victimization | 48 | |
Summary | 51 | |
Key Terms | 51 | |
Chapter 3 | The Costs of Being a Victim | 53 |
Introduction | 53 | |
The Consequences of Victimization | 54 | |
Prosecutorial-Based Victim-Witness Projects | 63 | |
Beyond the Prosecutor's Office | 72 | |
Dissenting Voices | 76 | |
Summary | 79 | |
Key Terms | 79 | |
Chapter 4 | Remedying the Plight of Victims | 81 |
Introduction | 81 | |
Offender Restitution | 82 | |
Civil Litigation | 89 | |
Private Insurance | 93 | |
Victim Compensation | 93 | |
Does Victim Compensation Work? | 101 | |
Summary | 106 | |
Key Terms | 106 | |
Chapter 5 | Sexual Assault | 109 |
Introduction | 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 | |
Summary | 147 | |
Key Terms | 147 | |
Chapter 6 | Spouse Abuse | 149 |
Introduction | 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 | |
Summary | 195 | |
Key Terms | 196 | |
Chapter 7 | Child Maltreatment | 199 |
Introduction | 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 | |
Summary | 231 | |
Key Terms | 231 | |
Chapter 8 | Elder Abuse | 233 |
Introduction | 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 | |
Summary | 260 | |
Key Terms | 261 | |
Chapter 9 | Homicide | 263 |
Introduction | 263 | |
The Extent of Homicide Victimization | 264 | |
Theories of Homicide Victimization | 271 | |
Survivors of Homicide Victimization | 285 | |
Summary | 290 | |
Key Terms | 291 | |
Chapter 10 | Victimization at Work and School | 293 |
Introduction | 293 | |
Victimization at Work | 294 | |
Victimization at School | 307 | |
Sexual Harassment | 318 | |
Summary | 324 | |
Key Terms | 325 | |
Chapter 11 | Victim Rights | 327 |
Introduction | 327 | |
Victim Rights Amendment | 328 | |
Victim Rights Legislation | 336 | |
The Effect of Victim Rights Legislation | 346 | |
Victim Impact Statements | 346 | |
Informal Victim Participation | 350 | |
Some Closing Thoughts | 355 | |
Summary | 357 | |
Key Terms | 358 | |
References | 359 | |
Subject Index | 407 | |
Author Index | 415 |