Ann Wolbert Burgess

Albert R. Roberts

Cheryl Regehr

Overview: Revised and updated to reflect the most current and relevant information in the field, Victimology: Theories and Applications, Second Edition provides a comprehensive introduction to the study of victimization, crime typologies, and the impact of crime on victims, offenders, and society at large. Each chapter provides a typology of the offender to analyze motivation. An overview of the issues impacting victims of a wide variety of traditional and contemporary crimes are examined, including child maltreatment, intimate partner violence, elder abuse, cybercrime and hate crimes. The history and theories of victimology are explored, as well as definitive laws and policies, strategies for intervention, and future research areas. New to the second edition: All case studies have been updated to offer students a modern perspective; All tables and figures have been updated to reflect the most current data; Contains a new chapter discussing sexual boundary violations; Every new copy is packaged with a free student access code to unlock the variety of interactive study tools on the companion website. Key features: Covers current topics including human trafficking, home invasion, victims of gang violence, victims of terrorism, victims of natural disaster, wrongful convictions, racial profiling and disproportionate penalties. Contains chapter outlines, key terms, discussion outlines, key terms, discussion questions and a summary in every chapter, to facilitate student comprehension and classroom conversation. Offers a balance between theory and the research and practice-oriented tools for readers who will work with victims, offenders, and the justice system.

Theories and Applications

Victimology

Stress, Trauma, and Decision-Making for Social Workers

Ted Bober

Based on original work & clinical experience, this new work describes the consequences of trauma exposure on emergency responders & the personal, organisational & societal factors that can ameliorate or exacerbate traumatic response.

Trauma in the Emergency Services

In the Line of Fire

Victimology: Theories and Applications introduces readers to the study of victimization, crime typologies, and the impact of crime on victims, offenders, and society at large. Each chapter provides a typology of the offender to analyze motivation, and includes an overview of the issues related to people who become victims of a wide variety of traditional and contemporary crimes such as child maltreatment, intimate partner violence, elder abuse, cyber crime and hate crimes. The history and theories of victimology are explored, as well definitive laws and policies, strategies for intervention, and future research areas.

Victimology: Theories and Applications

In the wake of disaster emergency responders are first on the scene and last to leave. They put concern for the lives of others over concern for their own lives, and work tirelessly to recover the bodies of the missing. Their heroic actions save lives, provide comfort to and care for the wounded and inspire onlookers, but at what cost to themselves? We now know that rescue workers who are exposed to mutilated bodies, mass destruction, multiple casualties, and life-threatening situations may become the hidden victims of disaster. The traumatic consequences of exposure can profoundly impact emergency responders, radiate to their families, and permeate the emergency organization. This much-needed new book, based on the authors' original research and clinical experience, describes the consequences of trauma exposure on police officers, fire fighters, and paramedics. Weaving data collected in large-scale quantitative studies with the personal stories of responders shared in qualitative interviews, this much-needed account explores the personal, organizational, and societal factors that can ameliorate or exacerbate traumatic response. Stress theory, organizational theory, crisis theory, and trauma theory provide a framework for understanding trauma responses and guiding intervention strategies. Using an ecological perspective, the authors explore interventions spanning prevention, disaster response, and follow-up, on individual, family, group, organizational, and community levels. They provide specific suggestions for planning intervention programs, developing trauma response teams, training emergency service responders and mental health professionals, and evaluating the effectiveness of services provided. Disaster, whether large-scale or small, underscores our ongoing vulnerability and the crucial need for response plans that address the health and well being of those who confront disaster on a daily basis. In the Line of Fire speaks directly to these emergency response workers as well as to the mental health professionals who provide them with services, the administrators who support their efforts, and the family members who wonder if their loved one will return home safely from work tonight.

Cheryl Regehr

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