"Understanding Violence and Victimization combines theory with responses to victimization. It explores forms of violence and their profound impact on victims ac

For courses in Violence and Victimization, Victimology, and Crime and Violence. Combines theory with applied responses to victimization. Understanding Violence

For courses in Victimology, Criminology, Introduction to Criminal Justice, Ethics in Criminal Justice, and Deviance. Combining theory with applied response, thi

Publisher's description: What are the effects that violent crime has on our everyday lives, both in terms of the individual victims and their larger community?

Violence against women is one factor in the growing wave of alarm about violence in American society. High-profile cases such as the O.J. Simpson trial call att