Table of Contents:
Chapter 1. Becoming a victim
Chapter 2. The meaning of justice for victims
Chapter 3. The evolution of a young, promising discipline: sixty years of victimology, a retrospective and prospective look
Chapter 4. History and a theoretical structure of victimology
Chapter 5. Property crimes and repeat victimization: a fresh look
Chapter 6. Key victimological findings from the international crime victims survey
Chapter 7. Patterns of communcal violence victimization in South India: a geographic information systems (GIS) analysis
Chapter 8. Secondary victims and secondary victimization
Chapter 9. Drugs and alcohol in relation to crime and victimization
Chapter 10. Victims of sex trafficking: gender, myths, and consequences
Chapter 11. Occupational victimization
Chapter 12. Tourism and victimization
Chapter 13. Victims and criminal justice in Europe
Chapter 14. Lobbying for rights: crime victims in Israel
Chapter 15. Victim services in the United States
Chapter 16. Fear of crime in the Republic of Ireland: understanding its origins and consequences
Chapter 17. When prisoners leave: victim-offender relationships in a transitions context
Chapter 18. Death of a metaphor? Healing victims and restorative justice
Chapter 19. The healing nature of apology and its contributions toward emotional reparation and closure in restorative justice encounters
Chapter 20. Exploring the effects of restorative justice of crime victims for victims of conflict in transitional societies
Chapter 21. The hidden violent victimization of women
Chapter 22. Images of criminality, victimization, and disability
Chapter 23. The psychological impact of victimization: mental health outcomes and psychological, legal, and restorative interventions
Chapter 24. Culture and wife abuse: an overview of theory, research, and practice
Chapter 25. The idea of the crime victim as a Trojan Horse in the Swedish social services act
Index