Introduction to Victimology
This course presents current coverage of the seriousness of intimate partner violence, child abuse, sexual assaults in the U.S. military,
This course is the most comprehensive and balanced exploration of victimology available today. This course examines the victims' plight, carefully placing statistics from the FBI's Uniform Crime Report and Bureau of Justice Statistics National Crime Victimization Survey in context. At the same time, the instructor and the reading material "humanizes" victims' stories through compelling case studies. The course systematically investigates how victims are currently handled by the criminal justice system, analyzes the goals of the victims' rights movement, and discusses what the future is likely to hold.
This course presents current coverage of the seriousness of intimate partner violence, child abuse, sexual assaults in the U.S. military, acquaintance rapes on college campuses, shootings on campuses, whether arming for self-protection is an effective strategy, and similar high-profile issues. It also includes new information about "survivorology" and "bystanderology" as well as new material on practical issues facing victims.
Course Discussion
What is victimology?
Essay
The rediscovery of crime victims
Essay
Victimization in the united states
Essay
A closer look
Essay
The ongoing controversy
Essay
Victims and the police
Essay
Victims and the criminal justice system
Essay
Victimized children
Essay
Victims of violence
Essay
Victims of rapes
Victims of rapes
Additional groups of victims
Essay
Repaying victims
Essay
Victims in the twenty-first century
Victims in the twenty-first century
Essay