Understanding Violence and Victimization - Couverture souple

Meadows, Robert J.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0135154642 ISBN 13 : 9780135154649

Editeur : Pearson, 2009

Synopsis

Understanding Violence and Victimization, Fifth Edition, explores selected types of violence and examines the causes and responses to such victimization.  Written for courses in victimology, violence, and criminology, it addresses topics such as domestic violence, stranger violence, workplace violence, school violence, criminal justice violence, and the violence of terrorism. Each chapter includes case studies and discussion questions and explores prevention strategies, victim responses and legal approaches. This edition features a new chapter on understanding violence and provides the latest information on victimization.

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

Violence can erupt from the home, workplace, school, or from day-to-day routine activities. There are no boundaries or rules as to when or where violence and victimization may take place. Understanding Violence and Victimization, Third Edition is a unique and fresh approach to the subject that not only addresses theories and varieties of violence and offenders, but also offers practical responses to crime.

In Understanding Violence and Victimization, real-life case studies show situations leading to victimization and explore the social, legal, and psychological dynamics of violence and victimization. The reader is educated on the precursors of violence such as stalking and harassment, and then examines intimate violence, child abuse, elder abuse, workplace, school, and stranger violence.

• New to this Edition: A new chapter addressing victimization by the criminal justice system was added. Although the system is designed to protect and serve, the chapter examines how laws, acts, or reprehensible decisions by the police, courts, and corrections victimize others either inadvertently or intentionally.

The reader is acquainted with policy responses to victimization such as civil justice, victim compensation laws, personal protection approaches, and legislation.

Understanding Violence and Victimization, Third Edition continues to be a much-needed wake-up call to the threat of violence, and is a superior resource for students studying crime, victimization, or justice policy. In addition, justice practitioners, victim advocates, and the average citizen should find this book relevant and insightful.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pearson
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0135154642
• ISBN 13: 9780135154649
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 5
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Riccardo Bacigalupo; riccardo.bacigalupo@sanoma.it; ; Sanoma Italia Via Arconati, 1 �; Milano; 20135; Italie