Guides: CJUS 5620: Victimology : Read Assigned Course Readings

Weekly assigned journal articles

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

Boateng, F. D., & Abess, G. (2017). Victims’ role in the criminal justice system: A statutory analysis of victims’ rights in US. International Journal of Police Science & Management, 19(4), 221-228.
Davis, R. C. & Mulford, C. (2008). Victim rights and new remedies: Finally getting victims their due. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 24, 198-208.

Week 3 - The discipline of victimology and measuring victimization

Wolfgang, M. E. (1957). Victim precipitated criminal homicide. The Journal of Criminal Law, Criminology, and Police Science, 48(1), 1-11.

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

Week 5 - Primary and secondary victims of homicide

Alves-Costa, F., Hamilton-Giachritsis, C., & Halligan, S. (2021). “Everything Changes”: Listening to Homicidally Bereaved Individuals’ Practice and Intervention Needs. Journal of interpersonal violence, 36(5-6), NP2954-NP2974.
Muftić, L. R., & Hunt, D. E. (2013). Victim precipitation: Further understanding the linkage between victimization and offending in homicide. Homicide studies, 17(3), 239-254.

Week 6 - Property crime victims

Belleville, G., Marchand, A., St‐Hilaire, M. H., Martin, M., & Silva, C. (2012). PTSD and depression following armed robbery: patterns of appearance and impact on absenteeism and use of health care services. Journal of traumatic stress, 25(4), 465-468.
Johnson, B., Richert, T., & Svensson, B. (2018). Parents as victims of property crime committed by their adult children with drug problems: Results from a self-report study. International review of victimology, 24(3), 329-346.

Week 7 - Teen and college victims

Meltzer, L. J., Plog, A. E., Swenka, D., Reeves, D., & Wahlstrom, K. L. (2022). Drowsy driving and teen motor vehicle crashes: impact of changing school start times. Journal of Adolescence.

Week 10 - Child Victims

Isaacs, J., Hodges, E. V., & Salmivalli, C. (2008). Long-term consequences of victimization by peers: A follow-up from adolescence to young adulthood. International Journal of Developmental Science, 2(4), 387-397.
O’Malley, R. L., & Holt, K. M. (2022). Cyber sextortion: An exploratory analysis of different perpetrators engaging in a similar crime. Journal of interpersonal violence, 37(1-2), 258-283.
Pérez-Fuentes, G., Olfson, M., Villegas, L., Morcillo, C., Wang, S., & Blanco, C. (2013). Prevalence and correlates of child sexual abuse: a national study. Comprehensive psychiatry, 54(1), 16-27.

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

Gardella, J. H., Fisher, B. W., & Teurbe-Tolon, A. R. (2017). A systematic review and meta-analysis of cyber-victimization and educational outcomes for adolescents. Review of Educational Research, 87(2), 283-308.
Kerstens, J., & Jansen, J. (2016). The Victim–Perpetrator Overlap in Financial Cybercrime: Evidence and Reflection on the Overlap of Youth’s On-Line Victimization and Perpetration. Deviant Behavior, 1-16.
Woodlock, D. (2017). The abuse of technology in domestic violence and stalking. Violence against women, 23(5), 584-602.

Week 13 - Victims of the Criminal Justice System

Patton, C. L., & Fremouw, W. J. (2016). Examining “suicide by cop”: A critical review of the literature. Aggression and violent behavior, 27, 107-120.
Steiner, B., Ellison, J. M., Butler, H. D., & Cain, C. M. (2017). The impact of inmate and prison characteristics on prisoner victimization. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 18(1), 17-36.
Wildeman, C. (2016). Incarceration and population health in wealthy democracies. Criminology, 54(2), 360-382.

Week 14 - additional situations and populations

Garland, J. (2012). Difficulties in defining hate crime victimization. International Review of Victimology, 18(1), 25-37.
Hickle, K., & Roe-Sepowitz, D. (2016). “Curiosity and a Pimp”: Exploring Sex Trafficking Victimization in Experiences of Entering Sex Trade Industry Work Among Participants in a Prostitution Diversion Program. Women & Criminal Justice, 1-17.
Kratcoski, P. C. (2001). Terrorist victimization: Prevention, control, and recovery. Studies in conflict and terrorism, 24(6), 467-473.

Week 15 - The future of victimology

Lee, H. Y., Jamieson, J. P., Reis, H. T., Beevers, C. G., Josephs, R. A., Mullarkey, M. C., ... & Yeager, D. S. (2020). Getting fewer “likes” than others on social media elicits emotional distress among victimized adolescents. Child Development, 91(6), 2141-2159.
Maercker, A., & Mehr, A. (2006). What if victims read a newspaper report about their victimization? A study on the relationship to PTSD symptoms in crime victims. European Psychologist, 11(2), 137.
Mulley, K. (2001). Victimized by the Media. Criminal Justice Matters, 43 30-31.

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CJUS 5620: Victimology

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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

CJUS 5620: Victimology

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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