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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 |
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