Social and Psychological Consequences of Violent Victimization / Edition 1

by R. Barry Ruback, Martha (Martie) P. (Parrish) Thompson

Overview

The book's one-of-a-kind focus on both the psychological and social impact of crime makes it an invaluable supplementary text for criminal justice and criminology courses dealing with victimization, violent crimes and the criminal justice process. Psychology courses dealing in law and crime also benefit from this text, which features discussion questions, end-of-chapter summaries, and special topic boxes. The book will also interest professionals in victims' services, crime prevention, criminal justice, and social work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761910411
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	05/23/2001
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Barry Ruback a professor of crime, Law, and Justice and Sociology at Pennsylvania State University. He received a BA in history from Yale University, a J. D. from the University of Texas and a Ph.D. in social psychology form the University of Pittsburgh. He is a member of the State Bar Associations of Georgia and Texas.

Martie P. Thompson, Ph.D. a Senior Service Fellow at the Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). She was a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Emory University's School of Medicine, where she was the recipient of an NIMH national Research Service Award. She served as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer at CDC from 1997-1999, before assuming her current position.

Table of Contents

Introduction and Overview
Studying the Effects of Victimization
Violent Victimization and the Immediate Aftermath
Affective, Behavioral, and Cognitive Consequences of Violent
Victimization on Direct Crime Victims
Secondary Victimization
The Effects of Violence on Family Members, Friends, Neighbors, and Professionals
The Effect of Violent Victimization on Communities
Summary and Implications

Editorial Reviews

"The book achieves its goal of encouraging the reader to think broadly about how the consequences of violent victimization can be measured, understood, and prevented. The authors also achieve their goal of emphasizing the need for multiple research methods and multiple theoretical perspectives for understanding the effects and implications of violent crime. The book would certainly be a useful resource for students studying psychology or criminology, and is likely to be of interest to professionals who work with victims of violent crime."

CRIME PREVENTION AND COMMUNITY SAFETY: AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL

"The book achieves its goal of encouraging the reader to think broadly about how the consequences of violent victimization can be measured, understood, and prevented. The authors also achieve their goal of emphasizing the need for multiple research methods and multiple theoretical perspectives for understanding the effects and implications of violent crime. The book would certainly be a useful resource for students studying psychology or criminology, and is likely to be of interest to professionals who work with victims of violent crime."

CRIME PREVENTION AND COMMUNITY SAFETY: AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL

Ruback (crime, law and justice, and sociology, Pennsylvania State U.) and Thompson, who works in violence prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, survey the impact of violent crime on the victims and on the larger sphere of their families, friends, neighborhoods, and communities. They also recommend interventions at the levels of the individual, community, and criminal justice and mental health systems. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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