A well-organized, thoroughly documented work...I would recommend this book for its thoroughness and humanity and as a useful reference work for criminology. American Journal of Sociology Excellent. A must reading for any course in victimology. Daniel Stern, The American University A first-rate contribution. Gilbert L. Geis, University of California, Irvine The most comprehensive and literate general treatment of victimology available. Gary T. Marx, Massachusetts Institute of Technology This pathbreaking study extends our understanding of both crime and victim...Underneath impressive layers of scholarship, Elias brings to bear a sense of moral purpose, an abiding insistence that all our social arrangements be assessed by whether they diminish or intensify human suffering in the lived circumstances of daily existence. Richard Falk, Princeton University A definitive piece on the process of victimization and its after-effects. Indeed, before citizens and policymakers can begin to heal one another we must first understand what has happened and what is happening. Elias moves us significantly in this direction. Christian Davenport, University of Houston

A well-organized, thoroughly documented work...I would recommend this book for its thoroughness and humanity and as a useful reference work for criminology. American Journal of Sociology Excellent. A must reading for any course in victimology. Daniel Stern, The American University A first-rate contribution. Gilbert L. Geis, University of California, Irvine The most comprehensive and literate general treatment of victimology available. Gary T. Marx, Massachusetts Institute of Technology This pathbreaking study extends our understanding of both crime and victim...Underneath impressive layers of scholarship, Elias brings to bear a sense of moral purpose, an abiding insistence that all our social arrangements be assessed by whether they diminish or intensify human suffering in the lived circumstances of daily existence. Richard Falk, Princeton University A definitive piece on the process of victimization and its after-effects. Indeed, before citizens and policymakers can begin to heal one another we must first understand what has happened and what is happening. Elias moves us significantly in this direction. Christian Davenport, University of Houston

A well-organized, thoroughly documented work...I would recommend this book for its thoroughness and humanity and as a useful reference work for criminology. American Journal of Sociology Excellent. A must reading for any course in victimology. Daniel Stern, The American University A first-rate contribution. Gilbert L. Geis, University of California, Irvine The most comprehensive and literate general treatment of victimology available. Gary T. Marx, Massachusetts Institute of Technology This pathbreaking study extends our understanding of both crime and victim...Underneath impressive layers of scholarship, Elias brings to bear a sense of moral purpose, an abiding insistence that all our social arrangements be assessed by whether they diminish or intensify human suffering in the lived circumstances of daily existence. Richard Falk, Princeton University A definitive piece on the process of victimization and its after-effects. Indeed, before citizens and policymakers can begin to heal one another we must first understand what has happened and what is happening. Elias moves us significantly in this direction. Christian Davenport, University of Houston