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Essentials of Victimology: Crime Victims, Theories, Controversies, and Victims' Rights [Connected eBook] (Aspen Criminal Justice Series)
by Jan Yager
This interdisciplinary introduction to victimology explores crime victims, theories, controversies, and victims’ rights. Drawing on multiple fields, it presents clear concepts, firsthand accounts, and real-life examples while addressing children, students, criminal justice system victims, animal abuse, natural disasters, and career applications.
About This Book
This interdisciplinary text examines crime victims, victimology, theories, controversies, and victims’ rights through perspectives from sociology, criminology, anthropology, history, law, psychology, psychiatry, social work, medicine, nursing, and communication studies.
Accessible explanations of fundamental concepts are paired with discussions of current issues, firsthand accounts from crime victims and experts, profiles, and real-life examples.
Dedicated coverage addresses child victims and teen and college victims, including topics such as sibling sexual abuse that may receive limited attention in other texts.
The book also explores victims of the criminal justice system and considers diverse victim experiences, including animal neglect and abuse and natural disasters.
A concluding focus discusses how victimology can support a range of careers.
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