Critical issues in victimology : international perspectives /
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| Imprint: | New York : Springer Pub. Co., 1992. |
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| Description: | xii, 260 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1324008 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction / Emilio C. Viano
- I. Victimization and Its Context. Introduction. 2. Victims, Crime, and Social Context / Augusto Balloni. 3. The News Media and Crime Victims: The Right to Know versus the Right to Privacy / Emilio C. Viano
- II. The Trauma of Victimization. Introduction. 4. Traumatized Populations: Roles and Responsibilities of Professionals / Lenore E.A. Walker. 5. An Empirical Investigation of the Coping Strategies Used by Victims of Crime: Victimization Redefined / Rosa Casarez-Levison. 6. Victims of Violent Crime and Their Coping Processes / Otmar Hagemann. 7. Victims of Violence in Everyday Life: Considerations about a Qualitative Research / Patrizia Faccioli and Simonetta Simoni. 8. Familial Violence in India: The Dynamics of Victimization / Ranjana S. Jain. 9. An Analysis of Cases Involving Elderly Homicide Victims and Offenders / Peter C. Kratcoski
- III. The Child Victim. Introduction. 10. Analysis of Child Abuse and Neglect Court Cases in Three Cities in Turkey / Esin Konanc, Sezen Zeytinoglu and Seyda Kozcu. 11. Aftereffects of Childhood Abuse and Incest / Irving Kaufman. 12. The Victimology of Children: A Transpersonal Conceptual Treatment Model / Carol L. Bryant. 13. Mental Health Professionals' Treatment of Child Abuse: Why Professionals May Not Report / Seth C. Kalichman, Mary E. Craig and Diane R. Follingstad. 14. The Trauma of False Allegations of Sexual Abuse / Michael Robin
- IV. Sexual Harassment and Assault. Introduction. 15. Sexual Harassment of Students: Victims of the College Experience / Richard B. Barickman, Michele A. Paludi and Vita Carulli Rabinowitz. 16. Sexual Assault in Canada: A Social and Legal Analysis / Rita Gunn and Candice Minch. 17. Preventing Rape: How People Perceive the Options of Defending Oneself during an Assault / Lita Furby, Baruch Fischhoff and Marcia Morgan. 18. The Adolescent Sexual Offender: Victim and Perpetrator / Carol B. DiCenso
- V. Society's Reaction to Victimization. Introduction. 19. Police Reactions to Victims of Burglary / Joop van den Bogaard and Oene Wiegman. 20. The Victim and the Failure to Report the Crime in Italy / Paola Violante. 21. Implementation of Federal Legislation to Aid Victims of Crime in the United States / Mario Thomas Gaboury. 22. Assessing Restitution's Impact on Recidivism: A Review of the Evaluative Research / Thomas C. Castellano.