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Drawing from the most up-to-date research, Victimology: A Comprehensive Approach, takes a learner-friendly approach and provides students with an overview of the field of Victimology. Emphasizing the impact of trauma on individuals and opportunities for prevention, this content will spark discussions of recurring victimization, the consequences of victimization, and the victim-offender overlap with a global focus.

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 Prevention Summary Discussion Questions Key Terms Internet Resources Chapter 6: Victims’ Rights and Remedies Victims’ Rights Victim Service Providers 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 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 Why Abusive Relationships Continue 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 Who Is Victimized? Patterns of Victimization Risk Factors for Victimization for Persons With Disabilities Special Case: Autism and Victimization Responses to Victims With Disabilities Responses to Victims With Disabilities Victimization of LGBQT+ Persons 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, and Cybervictimization Victims of Hate Crimes Victims of Human Trafficking Cyber Victimization Summary Discussion Questions Key Terms Internet Resources Glossary References Index

About the Author :
Leah E. Daigle is a Distinguished University 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 has 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 and Victimology: The Essentials, coauthor of Introduction to Criminology: Theories, Methods, and Criminal Behavior, Criminals in the Making: Criminality Across the Life Course, 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 a Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology 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 U.S. 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. In 2015 she was named the Faculty Researcher of the Year by the American Society of Criminology Division of Victimology. Her published scholarship has appeared in well-respected refereed journals including Justice Quarterly, Crime & Delinquency, Journal of Research in Crime & Delinquency, Violence Against Women, and Journal of Interpersonal Violence.


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  • ISBN-13: 9781071919712
  • Publisher: Sage Publications Inc Ebooks
  • Publisher Imprint: SAGE Publications Inc
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1071919717
  • Publisher Date: 27 Jan 2026
  • Binding: Digital download and online
  • Sub Title: A Comprehensive Approach


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