Routledge Handbook on Victims' Issues in Criminal Justice

by Cliff Roberson (Editor)

Overview

The Routledge Handbook on Victims’ Issues in Criminal Justice is a comprehensive and authoritative handbook on current 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 country, 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781317290582
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/21/2017
Series:	Routledge International Handbooks
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	308
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Cliff Roberson LL.M., Ph.D., 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 Ph.D. in Human Behavior from U.S. International University; an LL.M. in Criminal Law, Criminology, and Psychiatry from George Washington University; a J.D. from American University; a B.A. 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 tempore in the California Courts. He has authored or co-authored over 60 books and texts on legal subjects.

Table of Contents

Preface
Foreword

PART 1: INTRODUCTION TO VICTIMS’ RIGHTS

Chapter 1: Issues in Victim Services
Heather Zaykowski

Chapter 2: Federal Victims’ Legislation
Maren Trochmann, Angela R. Gover, and Maria J. Patterson

Chapter 3: Victims’ Assistance Programs’ Reforms
Bethany A. Poff and Catherine D. Marcum

Chapter 4: Victims in Criminology Theory
Tusty ten Bensel and Dana L. Radatz

Chapter 5: Victims’ Rights Legislation: Comparative Assessment and Implementation Issues
Francis D. Boateng

PART II: VICTIM ISSUES REGARDING SPECIFIC TYPES OF VICTIMIZATION

Chapter 6: Expanding the Conceptualization of Survivor in Sexual Assaults
Shelly Clevenger and Jordana N. Navarro

Chapter 7: Intimate Partner Violence, Neoliberal Ideologies, and Controversies about Victimhood
Jennifer Katz and Hillary Rich

Chapter 8: Why Me: Understanding Cybercrime Victimization
Jordana N. Navarro and Shelly Clevenger

Chapter 9: Hate Crime Victimization
Kevin Wong and Kris Christmann

Chapter 10: Counseling Families of Murdered Victims: A Therapeutic Perspective
Nana A. Serwaa Adjekum-Boateng and Francis D. Boateng

Chapter 11: Members of the LGBT Community as Victims of Crime
David P. Weiss

PART III: VICTIM SERVICES

Chapter 12: Enhancing Service Provider Systems
Jed Metzger

Chapter 13: Special Needs of Elderly Victims
Yoshiko Takahashi

Chapter 14: Providers’ and Latina Immigrants’ Views of Anti-Domestic Violence Services in the Midwest
Angelica S. Reina and Cecilia Menjívar

Chapter 15: Victim Impact Statements: Understanding and Improving Their Use
Chadley James

Chapter 16: Victims’ Needs and Restorative Justice
Andrew S. Gladfelter and R. Barry Ruback

Chapter 17: Helping Sexual Assault Victims
Suzanne Overstreet, Susan McNeeley, Kathryn Elvey, and Whitney Gass

Chapter 18: Victim Witnesses in Investigative Interviews and Court Processes
Jacqueline M. Wheatcroft

PART IV: VICTIM SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS

Chapter 19: History of the World Society of Victimology
John P. J. Dussich

Chapter 20: Victimology and Victims’ Service Organizations
Cliff Roberson

Chapter 21: Victims and the Media
Annette Van de Merwe

Editorial Reviews

Within victimology, in addition to journal articles, textbooks, and research reports, there is a continuing need to fill in the gaps. This Handbook on Victims' Issues, edited by Cliff Roberson, will stand out as such a document. This scholarly text offers a variety of information, and could serve as an excellent companion anthology for an advanced course." — John P. Dussich, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor, California State University, Fresno

Roberson’s Handbook on Victims’ Issues in Criminal Justice is an indispensable resource for any criminal justice professional who deals with crime victims. The major topics are thoroughly covered, as well as cutting-edge topics, including restorative justice and LGBT victims.—Robert Winters, J.D., Professor, Kaplan University

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