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CJUS 5620: Victimology : Read Assigned Course Readings

A guide that provides suggested resources to help student complete assigned coursework in CJUS 5620

Novels

  • Huskins, D., Quinn, A., & Egan, N.W. (2021). Victim F: From Crime Victims to Suspects to Survivors. New York: Berkley. ISBN-13:‎ 978-0593099964
    • E-book provided by the library. Click the link in the citation above. From the page that appears, click the "connect to online resource" link, then you should be prompted to login with UNT euid and password.

 

  • Krakauer, J. (2015). Missoula: Rape and the justice system in a college town. New York, NY: Doubleday.  ISBN-13:‎ 978-0804170567
    • E-book provided by the library. Click the link in the citation above. From the page that appears, click the "connect to online resource" link, then you should be prompted to login with UNT euid and password.

 

  • Steiner, L. M. (2009). Crazy love. Random House. ISBN-13:‎ 978-0312377465
    • This book is available for check-out for 2 hour increments at the Willis Library service desk. Please ask for this book at the service desk and have your student ID card ready, in order to check it out.

Discussion assignment

  • Baca, J. S., & Haney, C. W. (2001). Undoing time: American prisoners in their own words. UPNE. – chapter on William Skeans*

    *The chapter is on "electronic course reserve". Click through the link in the citation above, then select the chapter from the list of available course reserves. You'll be prompted to log in with your UNT euid and euid password + the course passcode, which will be provided by your instructor.

Weekly assigned journal articles

Week 2 - History of crime victims and victim’s rights

Week 3 - The discipline of victimology and measuring victimization

Week 4 - Victims and the criminal justice system; Helping victims

Week 5 - Primary and secondary victims of homicide

Week 6 - Property crime victims

Week 7 - Teen and college victims

Week 10 - Child Victims

Week 11 - Cybercrime, white-collar crime, and economic crime victims

Week 13 - Victims of the Criminal Justice System

Week 14 - additional situations and populations

Week 15 - The future of victimology

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