Victimology - International Student Edition

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 Chapter 2: Extent, Theories, and Factors of Victimization Measuring Victimization Theories and Explanations of Victimization 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 Chapter 4: Consequences of Victimization Physical Consequences Psychological Consequences Behavioral Reactions Economic Costs System Costs Vicarious Victimization Reporting Fear of Crime 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 Prevention Chapter 6: Victims' Rights and Remedies Victims' Rights Financial Remedy Remedies and Rights in Court 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 Chapter 8: Sexual Victimization What Is Sexual Victimization? Measurement and Extent of Sexual Victimization Risk Factors for and Characteristics of Sexual Victimization Characteristics of Sexual Victimization Responses to Sexual Victimization Consequences of Sexual Victimization Special Case: Sexual Victimization of Males Special Case: Sexual Victimization of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Queer and Transgender People Special Case: Social Media and the Internet as Tools of Sexual Victimization Legal and Criminal Justice Responses to Sexual Victimization Prevention and Intervention 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 and Prevention Chapter 10: Victimization at the Beginning and End of Life Child Maltreatment Elder Maltreatment Chapter 11: Victimization of Special Populations Victimization of Persons With Disabilities Who Is Victimized? Patterns of Victimization Risk Factors for Victimization for Persons With Disabilities Responses to Victims With Disabilities Victimization of Persons With Mental Illness Victimization of the Incarcerated Chapter 12: Victimization at School and Work Victimization at School Victimization at School: Grades K-12 Victimization at School: College Victimization at Work Chapter 13: Contemporary Issues in Victimology Victims of Hate Crimes Victims of Human Trafficking Victims of Terrorism Identity Theft Victimization