NCJ Number
197108
Editor(s)
Anne Seymour,
Morna Murray,
Jane Sigmon,
Melissa Hook,
Christine Edmunds,
Mario Gaboury,
Grace Coleman
Date Published
June 2002
Length
717 pages
Annotation
This text, from the National Victim Assistance Academy contains comprehensive information and data, from both a historical perspective and criminal justice system perspective for professionals involved in victim rights, victim assistance and services, and crime and victimization as well as wide-ranging references and resources.
Abstract
Each chapter in this comprehensive compilation of information on victims’ rights and victim assistance, funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime, provides an abstract/overview of the chapter, the learning objectives of the chapter, and a statistical overview regarding victims throughout the criminal justice system. In addition, each chapter offers self-examination related to the addressed chapter heading and references and resources. The areas addressed in this textbook include: (1) scope of crime/historical review of the victims’ rights discipline; (2) the criminal justice continuum; (3) specific justice systems and victims’ rights; (4) restorative justice or community justice; (5) financial assistance for victims of crime; (6) mental health needs; (7) substance abuse and victimization; (8) respecting diversity, a response to underserved victims of crime; (9) domestic violence; (10 ) sexual assault; (11) child victimization; (12) homicide; (13) drunk driving; (14) victimization of the elderly; (15) victimization of individuals with disabilities; (16) financial crime; (17) research and evaluation; (18) news media’s coverage of crime and victimization; (19) collaboration for victims’ rights and services; (20) professionalizing the discipline of victim services; and (21) innovative technologies and the information age. The text concludes with a self-examination in the special topics areas of hate and bias crime, stalking, victims of gang violence, campus crime and victimization, workplace violence, rural victims, international issues in victim assistance, funding for victims services, and terrorism and victim assistance. The text is all-inclusive and encompassing tool in the field of victims. References and appendix