Roberson Routledge Handbook on Victims' Issues in Criminal Justice

Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-1-317-29058-2
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 308 Seiten

The Routledge Handbook on Victims’ Issues in Criminal Justice is a comprehensive and authoritative handbook on current victims’ issues, with a distinctive emphasis on the delivery of suitable and effective services. The editor provides an introduction and conclusion to the handbook, synthesizing original contributions from current leaders in the field, surveying victims’ rights in the United States, victim participation in the criminal justice system, victims’ welfare and needs, and most notably the services that have been developed in response. A section on special populations in the United States brings focus to current and emerging issues faced within the United States, while a section covering international and transnational victimization explores globalization and the implications of other legal traditions and systems.

This handbook addresses the crucial and complex topic of victims’ issues, examining both societal and governmental reactions to victims’ concerns and acquainting readers with the issues that discord may cause, and how they affect the provision of services. This book will serve as an essential reference for academics and practitioners working with crime victims, as well as for students taking courses in victimology, criminology, sociology, and related subjects.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Roberson, Cliff

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Foreword

PART 1: INTRODUCTION TO VICTIMS’ RIGHTS

Chapter 1 Issues in Victim Services

Chapter 2 Federal Victims’ Legislation

Chapter 3 Victims’ Assistance Programs’ Reforms

Chapter 4 Victims in Criminology Theory

Chapter 5 Victims’ Rights Legislation: Comparative Assessment and Implementation Issues

PART II: VICTIM ISSUES REGARDING SPECIFIC TYPES OF VICTIMIZATION

Chapter 6 Expanding the Conceptualization of Survivor in Sexual Assaults

Chapter 7 Intimate Partner Violence, Neoliberal Ideologies, and Controversies about Victimhood

Chapter 8 Why Me: Understanding Cybercrime Victimization

Chapter 9 Hate Crime Victimization

Chapter 10 Counseling Families of Murdered Victims: A Therapeutic Perspective

Chapter 11 Members of the LGBT Community as Victims of Crime

PART III: VICTIM SERVICES

Chapter 12 Enhancing Service Provider Systems

Chapter 13 Special Needs of Elderly Victims

Chapter 14 Factors Surrounding Providers’ Views of Latina Immigrant Victims

Chapter 15 Victim Impact Statements: Understanding and Improving Their Use

Chapter 16 Victims’ Needs and Restorative Justice

Chapter 17 Helping Assault Victims

Chapter 18 Victim Witnesses in Investigative Interviews and Court Processes

PART IV VICTIM SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS

Chapter 19 History of the World Society of Victimology

Chapter 20 Victimology and Victims’ Service Organizations

Chapter 21 Victims and the Media

Über Autor(innen)

Cliff Roberson LLM, PhD, is an Emeritus Professor of Criminal Justice at Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas, and a retired Professor of Criminology at California State University, Fresno, California. His educational background includes a PhD in Human Behavior from U.S. International University; an LLM., in Criminal Law, Criminology, and Psychiatry from George Washington University; a JD from American University; a BA in Political Science from the University of Missouri; and one year of post-graduate study at the University of Virginia School of Law.

His previous academic experiences include Associate Vice-President for Academic Affairs, Arkansas Tech University; Dean of Arts and Sciences, University of Houston, Victoria; Director of Programs, National College of District Attorneys; Professor of Criminology and Director of Justice Center, California State University, Fresno; and Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, St. Edwards University. His non-academic experience includes services as a U. S. Marine Corps infantry officer, as well as service as a military judge and marine judge advocate. Other legal experience includes time as a Trial Supervisor, Office State Counsel for Offenders, Texas Board of Criminal Justice, and judge pro tem in the California Courts. He has authored or co-authored over 60 books and texts on legal subjects.