Crime Victims in Context Book

Chapter 1: The Meaning of Victimization
The Ambiguous Character of Criminal Victimization Defining Victims and Victimization Culture and Victimization Victimizers Victimization Victims The Innocence of Victims Blaming the Victim A Culture of Victimization?
The Victim's Identity Summary and Conclusion
Chapter 2: Cultural Images of Victimization
Media Discourse The News Media Crime Content of News Victims in the News Making Crime News Newsworthiness News Agencies as Bureaucracies Victims in the News Production Process Media Waves and Media Wars Entertainment Movies Police and Crime Shows True Crime Genres Popular Discourse Talking About Crime Urban Legends Some Implications of Crime Discourses The Connection Between Media and Popular Discourse Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 3: The Political Context of Victimization
The Shifting Victim Role Rising Crime Rates The Politicization of Crime Movement Linkage Offender Bashing Net-Widening Failure to Address the Causes of Crime The Emphasis on Conventional Crime Heightening the Fear of Crime The Intensification of Conflict Stigmatization of Victims Weakening Social Ties and Increasing Dependency Delaying Processes of Natural Healing Unmet Expectations Defining Victims and Victim Issues Constructing Social Problems Constructing Victim Issues Claimsmakers Claims About Victim Issues The Claimsmaking Process Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 4: Victims: The Research Context
The Research Context Police Data The Uniform Crime Reports Problems With UCR Data Victimization Surveys The National Crime Victimization Survey Advantages and Limitations of Victimization Surveys The NCVS and the UCR The Offender Self-Report Study Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 5: Victims and Criminological Theory
Criminology and Crime Victims The Criminal Opportunity Lifestyle-Exposure Theory Routine Activities Theory Victimization and Opportunity Victim-Offender Interaction Victim Precipitation The Situated Transaction Victims and Victim Theories The Criminal Event Perspective Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 6: Setting the Context for Victimization: Personal Safety, Risk, and Dangerous Locations
Perceptions of Personal Safety: Constructing the Social Context of Victimization Risky Lifestyles: Exposure and Propensity to Crime Dangerous Locations Crime Prevention Victim-Based Prevention Offender-Based Prevention Community-Based Prevention Combined Approaches Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 7: Victim Experiences
Event Precursors Structural Position Victim Offender Relationship: From Strangers to Intimates Strangers Intimates Friends and Acquaintances The Transaction Situational Dynamics of Household Victimization: Private Problems Spousal Violence Child Abuse Property Crimes Crimes in Public Life on the Street Victim Retaliation: The Role of Third Parties Criminal Event Outcomes Proximate Effects of Victimization: The Role of the Police Medical Intervention Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 8: The Aftermath of Victimization I: The Victimization Experience
The Impact of Victimization Costs of Victimization Calculating the Monetary Cost of Crime Subjective Costs of Crime: Emotional and Behavioral Responses to Victim Experiences Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome Battered Woman Syndrome The Emotional Effects of Property Crime Cycles of Violence: Victims Who Become Offenders Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 9: The Aftermath of Victimization II: Victim Services, Courts, and Alternative Justice
Victim Involvement With the Criminal Justice System Secondary Victimization Victim's Rights The Role of Victims in Responses to Criminal Events Police Victims and Court Personnel Victims and Prosecutors Victim Witness Intimidation Victims as Judges: The Enhanced Role of Victim Impact Statements Victim Services Victim Compensation and Restitution Victim Involvement With Offenders: Alternative Justice Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 10: Summing Up
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