ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgementsSection 1. Introduction to VictimologySection 2. Risk factors and theories of victimizationHow to Read a Research ArticleReadings: Specifying the influence of family and peers on violent victimization: Extending routine activities and lifestyles theories, Schreck, by C. J Gang membership as a risk factor for adolescent violence victimization, by T. J Taylor Sexual harassment victimization during emerging adulthood: A test of routine activities theory and a general theory of crime, by T. AClodfelterSection 3. Consequences of VictimizationReadings: Costs of juvenile crime in urban areas: A longitudinal perspective, by B. C Welsh The violent and sexual victimization of college women: Is repeat victimization a problem? by L.
E Daigle Assessment of PTSD symptoms in a community exposed to serial murder, by M. J. HerkovSection 4. Victim''s rightsReadings: Participation in victim-offender mediation: Lessons learned from observations, by P. M. Gerkin Victim rights and new remedies: Finally getting victims their due, by R. C.Davis The efficacy of expectancy disconfirmation in explaining crime victim satisfaction with the police, by M.
S. ChandekSection 5. Sexual victimizationReadings: Alcohol-related sexual assault: A common problem among college students, by R. Campbell The effectiveness of sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) Programs: A review of psychological, medical, legal, and community outcomes, by R Campbell, Reflections on a rape trial: The role of rape myths and jury selection in the outcome of a trial, by J. ShepherdSection 6. Intimate partner violenceReadings: Conflict and control: Gender symmetry and asymmetry in domestic violence. Violence Against Women, by M. P.
Johnson Risky relationships?: Assortative mating and women''s experiences of intimate partner violence, by K. Carbone-Lopez, When "Enough is enough": Battered women''s decision making around court orders of protection, by K. Fischer,Section 7. Victimization At the Beginning and End of Life: Child Abuse and Elder Abuse Readings: The role of fathers in risk for physical child abuse and neglect: Possible pathways and unanswered questions, by N. B. Guterman Testing the cycle of violence hypothesis: Child abuse and adolescent dating violence as predictors of intimate partner violence in young adulthood, A. M. Gomez The epidemiology of violence against the elderly: Implications for primary and secondary prevention, by R.
BachmanSection 8. Victimization of special populationsReadings: Patterns of victimization among male and female inmates: Evidence of an enduring legacy, by N Wolff Partner violence against women with disabilities: Prevalence, risk and explanations, by D. A. Brownridge Mental disorder and violent victimization: The mediating role of involvement in conflicted social relationships, by E. SilverSection 9. School and Workplace VictimizationReadings: Traditional Bullying, Cyber Bullying, and Deviance: A General Strain Theory Approach, by C. Hay A multidimensional examination of campus safety: Victimization, perceptions of danger, worry About crime, and precautionary behavior among college women in the post-Clery era, by P. Wilcox, Characteristics of violence in state government.
Journal of Interpersonal Violence, by V. B. Lord Sexual harassment at work: A decade (plus) of progress, by A. M. O''Leary-KellySection 10. Property and Identity Theft VictimizationReadings: Linking burglary and target hardening at the property level: New insights into victimization and burglary protection, by A. Hirschfield Auto theft: A site-survey and analysis of environmental crime factors in Atlantic City, by M. P.
Levy Routine online activity and internet fraud targeting: Extending the generality of routine activity theory by T. C. PrattSection 11. Contemporary Issues in VictimologyReadings: Human Trafficking in Scotland, by K. Lebov Hate crimes and stigma-related experiences among sexual minority adults in the United States: Prevalence estimates from a national probability sample, by G. M. Herek Gender differences in fear of terrorism, by A. M.
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