Victimology

Leah E. Daigle is a Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University. She received her PhD in criminal justice from the University of Cincinnati in 2005. Her most recent research has centered on repeat sexual victimization of college women and responses women use during and after being sexually victimized. Her other research interests include the development and continuation of offending and victimization across the life course. She is author of Victimology: A Text/Reader and Victimology: The Essentials, coauthor of Introduction to Criminology: Theories, Methods, and Criminal Behavior, Criminals in the Making: Criminality Across the Life Course, and Unsafe in the Ivory Tower: The Sexual Victimization of College Women, which was awarded the 2011 Outstanding Book Award by the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. She has also published numerous peer-reviewed articles that have appeared in outlets such as Justice Quarterly, Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, and Victims and Offenders.

"[Strengths include] readability and user-friendly format, inclusion of scholarly articles relevant to the topic under study, and the length and number of chapters (the text can be used for a full semester course and a shortened summer course)"

• Section 1. Introduction to VictimologyWhat Is Victimology?The History of Victimology: Before the Victims’ Rights MovementThe Role of the Victim in Crime: Victim Precipitation, Victim Facilitation, and Victim ProvocationThe History of Victimology: The Victims’ Rights MovementContributions of the Victims’ Rights MovementVictimology TodaySection 2. Extent, Theories, and Factors of VictimizationMeasuring VictimizationTheories and Explanations of VictimizationReading 1: Specifying the Influence of Family and Peers on Violent Victimization: Extending Routine Activities and Lifestyles Theories by Christopher J. Shcreck and Bonnie S. FisherReading 2: An Investigation of Neighborhood Disadvantage, Low Self-Control, and Violent Victimization Among Youth by Chris L. GibsonSection. 3 Consequences of VictimizationPhysical InjuryMental Health Consequences and CostsEconomic CostsSystem CostsVicarious VictimizationReportingFear of CrimeReading 3: Victimization, posttraumatic stress disorder symptomatology, and later nonsuicidal self-harm in a birth cohort by Shyamala Nada-Raja and Keren SkeggReading 4: The economic costs of partner violence and the cost-benefit of civil protective orders T K Logan, Robert Walker, and William HoytSection 4. Recurring VictimizationTypes of Recurring VictimizationExtent of Recurring VictimizationCharacteristics of Recurring VictimizationRisk Factors for Recurring VictimizationTheoretical Explanations of Recurring VictimizationConsequences of Recurring VictimizationResponses to Recurring VictimizationReading 5: The Violent and Sexual Victimization of College Women: Is Repeat Victimization a Problem? by Leah E. Daigle, Bonnie S. Fisher, and Francis T. CullenReading 6: A networked boost: Burglary co-offending and repeat victimization using a network approach by Brendan Lantz and R. Barry RubackSection 5. Victims’ Rights and RemediesVictims’ RightsFinancial RemedyRemedies and Rights in CourtReading 7: Victim Rights and New Remedies: Finally Getting Victims Their Due by Robert C. Davis and Carrie MulfordReading 8: Delivering a victim impact statement: Emotionally effective or counter-productive? by Kim ME Lens, Antony Pemberton, Karen Brans, Johan Braeken, Stefan Bogaerts, and Esmah LahlahSection 6. Homicide Victimization - Contributed by Lisa MufticDefining Homicide VictimizationMeasurement and Extent of Homicide VictimizationRisk Factors for and Characteristics of Homicide VictimizationDifferent Types of Homicide VictimizationVictim PrecipitationIndirect (Secondary) VictimizationLegal and Community Responses to Homicide VictimizationReading 9: Co-victims of homicide: A systematic review of the literature by Jennifer Connolly and Ronit GordonReading 10: Victim lifestyle as a correlate of homicide clearance by Jason Rydberg and Jesenia M. PizarroSection 7. Sexual VictimizationWhat Is Sexual Victimization?Measurement and Extent of Sexual VictimizationRisk Factors for and Characteristics of Sexual VictimizationResponses to Sexual VictimizationConsequences of Sexual VictimizationSpecial Case: Sexual Victimization of MalesLegal and Criminal Justice Responses to Sexual VictimizationPrevention and InterventionReading 11: Alcohol expectancy, drinking behavior, and sexual victimization among female and male college students by Kimberly A. Tyler, Rachel M. Schmitz, and Scott A. AdamsReading 12: The Effectiveness of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Programs: A Review of Psychological, Medical, Legal, and Community Outcomes by cca Campbell, Debra Patterson, and Lauren F. LichtySection 8. Intimate Partner ViolenceDefining Intimate Partner Violence and AbuseMeasurement and ExtentWho Is Victimized?Risk Factors and Theories for Intimate Partner ViolenceConsequences of Intimate Partner ViolenceWhy Abusive Relationships ContinueCriminal Justice System Responses to Intimate Partner ViolenceLegal and Community ResponsesReading 13: Conflict and Control: Gender Symmetry and Asymmetry in Domestic Violence by Michael JohnsonReading 14: Intimate partner violence and the victim-offender overlap by Marie Skubak Tillyer and Emily M. WrightReading 15: Voices of strength and resistance: A contextual and longitudinal analysis of women’s responses to battering by Jacquelyn Campbell, Linda Rose, Joan Kub, and Daphne NeddSection 9. Victimization at the Beginning and End of Life: Child and Elder AbuseChild MaltreatmentElder MaltreatmentReading 16: Child abuse and neglect, developmental role attainment, and adult arrests by Maureen A. Allwood and Cathy Spatz WidomReading 17: The Epidemiology of Violence Against the Elderly: Implications for Primary and Secondary Prevention by Ronet Bachman and Michelle L. MeloySection 10. Victimization at School and WorkVictimization at SchoolVictimization at School: Grades K–12Victimization at School: CollegeVictimization at WorkReading 18: Traditional Bullying, Cyber Bullying, and Deviance: A General Strain Theory Approach by Carter Hay, Ryan Meldrum, and Karen MannReading 19: A Multidimensional Examination of Campus Safety: Victimization, Perceptions of Danger, Worry About Crime, and Precautionary Behavior Among College Women in the Post-Clery Era by Pamela Wilcox, Carol E. Jordan, and Adam J. PritchardSection 11. Property and Identity Theft VictimizationProperty VictimizationTheftMotor Vehicle TheftHousehold BurglaryIdentity TheftReading 20: Linking Burglary and Target Hardening at the Property Level: New Insights Into Victimization and Burglary Protection by Alex Hirschfield, Andrew Newton, and Michelle RogersonReading 21: Online routines and identify theft victimization: Further expanding routine activity theory beyond direct-contact offenses by Bradford W. ReynsSection 12. Victimization of Special PopulationsVictimization of Persons With DisabilitiesWho Is Victimized?Patterns of VictimizationRisk Factors for Victimization for Persons With DisabilitiesResponses to Victims With DisabilitiesVictimization of Persons With Mental IllnessVictimization of the IncarceratedReading 22: Partner Violence Against Women with Disabilities: Prevalence, Risk, and Explanations by Douglas A. BrownridgeReading 23: Mental Disorder and Violent Victimization: The Mediating Role of Involvement in Conflicted Social Relationships by Eric SilverReading 24: Examining the effects of witnessing victimization while incarcerated on offender reentry by Jane C. Daquin, Leah E. Daigle, and Shelley Johnson ListwanSection 13. Victimology from a Comparative Perspective - Contributed by Lisa MufticVictimology Across the GlobeMeasurement and Extent of Victimization Across the GlobeJustice System Responses to VictimizationVictims’ Rights and Assistance ProgramsReading 25: The International Crime Victims Survey: A retrospective by John van Kesteren, Jan van Dijk, and Pat MayhewReading 26: A systematic review of prevalence and risk factors for elder abuse in Asia by Elsie Yan, Ko-Ling Chan, and Agnes TiwariSection 14. Contemporary Issues in Victimology: Victims of Hate Crimes, Human Trafficking, and TerrorismVictims of Hate CrimesVictims of Human TraffickingVictims of TerrorismReading 27: Hate Crimes and Stigma-Related Experiences Among Sexual Minority Adults in the United States: Prevalence Estimates From a National Probability Sample by Gregory M. HerekReading 28: Challenges to identifying and prosecuting sex trafficking cases in the Midwest United States by Andrea J. Nichols and Erin C. HeilReading 29: Does watching the news affect fear of terrorism? The importance of media exposure on terrorism fear by Ashley Marie Nellis and Joanne Savage