A first in the field when initially published and now a true classic CRIME VICTIMS AN INTRODUCTION TO VICTIMOLOGY Tenth Edition offers the most comprehensive and balanced exploration of victimology available today The author 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 he humanizes victims stories through compelling case studies The text 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 Tenth Edition 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 A first in the field when initially published and now a true classic CRIME VICTIMS AN INTRODUCTION TO VICTIMOLOGY Tenth Edition offers the most comprehensive and balanced exploration of victimology available today The author 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 he humanizes victims stories through compelling case studies The text 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 Tenth Edition 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