The Victimology handbook : research findings, treatment, and public policy / edited by Emilio C. Viano.

Other author Viano, Emilio.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Garland, 1990.
Descriptionxxiii, 421 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesGarland reference library of social science ; vol. 605
Garland reference library of social science ; v. 605. ^A654520
Contents Introduction : victimology : a new focus of research and practice / Emilio C. Viano -- Televised victims of murder and robbery : prime time versus soap opera portrayals / Rhoda Estep -- Rape victims' perceptions of long-term effects three or more years post-rape / M. Jean Parks -- Developmental issues and the sexually abused child and adolescent / Sarah R. Stanley -- Victims of incestuous abuse : mental health professionals' attitudes and tendency to report / Seth C. Kalichman and Mary E. Craig -- Violence agaist children : the pharmaceutical industry / Frank Henry and Susanne Chomicki -- The relationship between the male police officer's response to victims of domestic violence and his personal and family experiences / Sandra M. Stith.
Contents Family murder in the Republic of South Africa : a case of misguided family rights and responsibilities? / Ronelle Pretorius -- The victim-offender relationship in family violence / Ranjana S. Jain -- The helpseeking behavior of battered women : an analysis of 6,000 shelter interviews / Edward W. Gondolf, Ellen Fisher, and J. Richard McFerron -- The criminal victimization of the physically challenged / Helen W. Ross -- Arson : from creation to destruction / Irving Kaufman -- Patterns of victimization and the chronic technological disaster / Stephen R. Couch and J. Stephen Kroll-Smith -- Monitoring the quality of life of disaster victims : a prototype system / Knowlton W. Johnson, Gerald Hutchins, and Jim Phifer.
Contents Discrimination against Harijans and dowry deaths : examples of ongoing victimization in India / Bhanuprasad Pandya -- Preparing individuals at risk for victimization as hostages / James T. Turner -- Preventing rape : how people perceive the options for assault prevention / Lita Furby, Baruch Fischhoff, and Marcia Morgan -- A new model for the treatmet of adult survivors of sexual abuse / Sarah M. Rieth -- Facilitating capable parenting among Black single mothers in violent families / Sondra Gardner and Jane Timmons-Mitchell -- Social support after armed robbery in the workplace / Heinz Leymann and Jan Lindell -- Counseling hostage families : what we have learned from the Iran hostage experience / Leila Dane.
Contents The recognition and implementation of victims' rights in the United States : developments and achievements / Emilio C. Viano -- Victim-offender mediation with violent offenders : implications for modifications of the VORP model / Mark S. Umbreit -- Victim compensation by the offender and the state / Tim Newburn -- Risks of violence in the workplace : regulations and their implementation in Sweden / Heinz Leymann and Kurt Baneryd -- Sexual violence : a challenge to the legislator / Jacquelien Soetenhorst.
Local noteLittle-294311--305131000429S
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
LCCN 90038717
ISBN0824040317 (alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks HV6250.2 .V515 1990 ✔ Available Place Hold