Crime victims
Subtitle: an introduction to victimology
By: Andrew Karmen.
Edition: 6th ed.
Series: The Wadsworth contemporary issues in crime and justice series; Contemporary issues in crime and justice series
Publisher: Thomson/Wadsworth
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Belmont, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 445
Subjects: Victims of crimes -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 385-429) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: 1. What is victimology?; title: 2. The rediscovery of crime victims; title: 3. Sources of information about crime victims : the UCR and the NCVS; title: 4. Violent crimes : murders and robberies; title: 5. The victims' contribution to the crime problem; title: 6. Victims and the criminal justice system : cooperation and conflict, pt. 1: The police; title: 7. Victims and the criminal justice system : cooperation and conflict, pt. 2: Prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges, and corrections officials; title: 8. Children as victims; title: 9. Victims of violence by lovers and family members; title: 10. Victims of rapes and other sexual assaults; title: 11. Additional groups of victims with special problems; title: 12. Repaying victims; title: 13. Victims in the twenty-first century : alternative directions.