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A first in the field and true classic, CRIME VICTIMS: AN INTRODUCTION TO VICTIMOLOGY offers the most comprehensive and balanced exploration of victimology – a vital new and, at times, controversial branch of criminology – available today. The author examines the victims' plight, and is careful... read more
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- Smith
- Reaves
- Karmen
- Finkelhor
- Davis
- Williams
- Rennison
- Catalano
- Cohen
- Schneider
- Wolfgang
- Whitcomb
- Fisher
- Roberts
- Straus
- Cullen
- Koss
- Estrich
- Newman
- Amir
- Schafer
- Myers
- Gelles
- Gibbs
- Walker
- Macdonald
- Herman
- Wright
- Jones
- Elias
- Miller
- Sampson
- Hart
- Galaway
- Johnson
- Russell
- Von Hentig
- Langan
- Clark
- Dobash
- Symonds
- Carrington
- Skogan
- Scafidi
- Mcgillis
- Tjaden
- Garofalo
- Coates
- Daigle
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The concept of "victim" can be traced back to ancient societies.
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FOREWORD
PREFACE
1. What is Victimology?
2. The Rediscovery of Crime Victims
3. Sources of Information about Crime Victims: The UCR and the NCVS
4. Violent Crimes: Murders and Robberies
5. Victims' Contributions to the Crime Problem
6. Victims and the Criminal Justice System: Cooperation and Conflict; Part 1: The Police
7. Victims and the Criminal Justice System: Cooperation and Conflict; Part 2: Prosecutors, Defense Attorneys, Judges, and Corrections Officials
8. Children as Victims
9. Victims of Violence by Lovers and Family Members
10. Victims of Rape and Other Sexual Assaults
11. Additional Groups of Victims with Special Problems
12. Repaying Victims
13. Victims in the Twenty-first Century: Alternative Directions
GLOSSARY
REFERENCES
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SUBJECT INDEX
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- Andrew Karmen (Author)
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- Dewey: 364
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