SAGE REFERENCE’S AUTHORITATIVE, NEW
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF VICTIMOLOGY AND CRIME PREVENTION
BRINGS TWO CRUCIAL TOPICS TOGETHER IN ONE COMPREHENSIVE WORK
Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore and Washington DC (April 7, 2010) - Victimology is concerned with those harmed by a criminal act, addressing health needs and legal rights. Crime prevention seeks to keep individuals and their property from being harmed in the first place. The fields of victimology and crime prevention have developed along parallel yet separate paths, scattered across a wide range of related disciplines.
SAGE Reference’s authoritative, new two-volume Encyclopedia of Victimology and Crime Prevention is the most comprehensive resource available on these crucial topics, presenting each as a separate discipline, rather than as a subfield within other disciplines. Accessibly written by leading researchers and practitioners, A-to-Z entries and topical essays cover core concepts, theories, research findings, practical information, laws, legal issues, and agencies and organizations. The helpful Reader’s Guide organizes the wide range of content into broad categories, such as:
- Business Prevention Actions
- Civil Justice System
- Correlates of Victimization
- Fear of Crime
- Individual Protection Actions
- Interventions
- Intrafamilial Offenses
- Legislation and Statutes
- Media and Crime Prevention
- Methodology
- Offenses
- Official Crime Data
- Psychological, Mental, and Physical Health Issues
- Services and Treatment for Victims
The status of victims within the criminal justice system, topics of deterring and preventing victimization, and responding to victims’ needs are also addressed.
All public and academic libraries will want to purchase SAGE’s Encyclopedia of Victimology and Crime Prevention so students, researchers, scholars, governments and businesses interested in both the needs of victims and how society can effectively prevent crime have the most in-depth, inclusive resource available on the topics. It is published in both print and electronic formats.
Co-editor Bonnie S. Fisher is a professor at the University of Cincinnati. Co-editor Steven P. Lab is a professor at Bowling Green State University. |
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