Learn about victimology from a true classic text in the field. CRIME VICTIMS: AN INTRODUCTION TO VICTIMOLOGY, Tenth Edition offers the most comprehensive and balanced exploration of victimology available today. The author examines the victims' plight, carefully placing statistics from the FBI's Uniform Crime Report and Bureau of Justice Statistics National Crime Victimization Survey in context. At the same time, he "humanizes" victims' stories through compelling case studies. The text systematically investigates how victims are currently handled by the criminal justice system, analyzes the goals of the victims' rights movement, and discusses what the future is likely to hold. In this up-to-date edition, you'll read about the practical issues facing victims and learn about "survivorology" and "bystanderology." You'll also gain insight into the seriousness of intimate partner violence, child abuse, sexual assaults in the U.S. military, acquaintance rapes on college campuses, shootings on campuses, whether arming for self-protection is an effective strategy, and other high-profile issues.
1. What Is Victimology?
2. The Rediscovery of Crime Victims.
3. Victimization in the United States: An Overview.
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, Juries, and Corrections Officials.
8. Victimized Children.
9. Victims of Violence by Lovers and Family Members.
10. Victims of Rapes 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.
Name Index.
Subject Index.
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Andrew Karmen
Andrew Karmen has been a professor in the Sociology Department at John Jay College of Criminal Justice since 1978. He has taught courses on a wide range of subjects including general sociology, criminal justice, criminology, crime and justice in New York City, drug abuse, delinquency, social problems, race relations, research methods, statistics, and victimology. He has previously served as the coordinator of both the criminology and criminal justice undergraduate majors, the co-director of the master's program in criminal justice, and as a member of the doctoral faculty. Dr. Karmen has written journal articles and chapters in books on a number of subjects, including drug abuse, police use of deadly force, auto theft, providing defense attorneys to indigents, victims' rights, the victimization of women, and predictions about the plight of crime victims in the future. His investigation of why crime rates rise and fall, NEW YORK MURDER MYSTERY: THE TRUE STORY BEHIND THE CRIME CRASH OF THE 1990s, (NYU Press, paperback edition 2006) unearths statistical evidence that casts doubt on most of the widely held beliefs about the reasons for the dramatic improvement in public safety in New York City. In 2012, Dr. Karmen was awarded a Certificate of Appreciation by the World Society Of Victimology.
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Updated cases and statistical findings throughout the text with realigned topics to optimize the learning experience for students.
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Additional concise cases pulled from high-profile news stories integrated throughout the text, relating real-world examples to the many empirical generalizations and statistics cited in each chapter.
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Bulleted numerical findings in each chapter to emphasize and demonstrate the importance of evidence.
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Includes reformulated learning objectives with the intention to be more focused and measurable.
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This edition presents the very latest data about victimization and includes high profile cases that brought about criminal justice reforms. These include bystander intervention that led to tragedy, a deadly incident of road rage, identity theft suffered by a prominent figure, survivors seeking reconciliation with the offender, persons using a gun to save their own lives, and the motor vehicle theft of a truck in the president's entourage.
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To keep the book on the cutting edge of the field, the author presents current coverage of human and sex trafficking, cybercrimes, crimes on campus, identity theft, stalking, motor vehicle theft, prison attacks, and similar high-profile issues.
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Chapter-opening learning objectives help students focus on and master key concepts and theories as they are presented in each chapter.
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The text "humanizes" victims, particularly through the inclusion of compelling cases that illustrate their plight. This makes an already well-written text more engaging and allows students to comprehend the challenges that face victims and their advocates – rather than simply remembering details.
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Discussion questions end each chapter to help instructors launch a dialogue on controversial issues covered in the chapter. The questions can also be used for essay assignments for instructors who emphasize the development of writing skills in their classes.
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