Routledge Handbook on Victims' Issues in Criminal Justice

The Routledge Handbook on Victims’ Issues in Criminal Justice is a comprehensive and authoritative handbook on current issues, with a distinctive emphasis on the delivery of suitable and effective services. The editor provides an introduction and conclusion to the handbook, synthesizing original contributions from current leaders in the field, surveying victims’ rights in the United States, victim participation in the criminal justice system, victims’ welfare and needs, and most notably the services that have been developed in response. A section on special populations in the United States brings focus to current and emerging issues faced within the country, while a section covering international and transnational victimization explores globalization and the implications of other legal traditions and systems. This handbook addresses the crucial and complex topic of victims’ issues, examining both societal and governmental reactions to victims’ concerns and acquainting readers with the issues that discord may cause, and how they affect the provision of services. This book will serve as an essential reference for academics and practitioners working with crime victims, as well as for students taking courses in victimology, criminology, sociology, and related subjects.

PrefaceForeword PART 1: INTRODUCTION TO VICTIMS’ RIGHTS Chapter 1: Issues in Victim ServicesHeather Zaykowski Chapter 2: Federal Victims’ LegislationMaren Trochmann, Angela R. Gover, and Maria J. Patterson Chapter 3: Victims’ Assistance Programs’ ReformsBethany A. Poff and Catherine D. Marcum Chapter 4: Victims in Criminology TheoryTusty ten Bensel and Dana L. Radatz Chapter 5: Victims’ Rights Legislation: Comparative Assessment and Implementation IssuesFrancis D. Boateng PART II: VICTIM ISSUES REGARDING SPECIFIC TYPES OF VICTIMIZATION Chapter 6: Expanding the Conceptualization of Survivor in Sexual AssaultsShelly Clevenger and Jordana N. Navarro Chapter 7: Intimate Partner Violence, Neoliberal Ideologies, and Controversies about VictimhoodJennifer Katz and Hillary Rich Chapter 8: Why Me: Understanding Cybercrime VictimizationJordana N. Navarro and Shelly Clevenger Chapter 9: Hate Crime VictimizationKevin Wong and Kris Christmann Chapter 10: Counseling Families of Murdered Victims: A Therapeutic PerspectiveNana A. Serwaa Adjekum-Boateng and Francis D. Boateng Chapter 11: Members of the LGBT Community as Victims of CrimeDavid P. Weiss PART III: VICTIM SERVICES Chapter 12: Enhancing Service Provider SystemsJed Metzger Chapter 13: Special Needs of Elderly VictimsYoshiko Takahashi Chapter 14: Providers’ and Latina Immigrants’ Views of Anti-Domestic Violence Services in the Midwest Angelica S. Reina and Cecilia Menjívar Chapter 15: Victim Impact Statements: Understanding and Improving Their UseChadley James Chapter 16: Victims’ Needs and Restorative JusticeAndrew S. Gladfelter and R. Barry Ruback Chapter 17: Helping Sexual Assault VictimsSuzanne Overstreet, Susan McNeeley, Kathryn Elvey, and Whitney Gass Chapter 18: Victim Witnesses in Investigative Interviews and Court ProcessesJacqueline M. Wheatcroft PART IV: VICTIM SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS Chapter 19: History of the World Society of VictimologyJohn P. J. Dussich Chapter 20: Victimology and Victims’ Service Organizations Cliff Roberson Chapter 21: Victims and the MediaAnnette Van de Merwe

Cliff Roberson LL.M., Ph.D., is an Emeritus Professor of Criminal Justice at Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas, and a retired Professor of Criminology at California State University, Fresno, California. His educational background includes a Ph.D. in Human Behavior from U.S. International University; an LL.M. in Criminal Law, Criminology, and Psychiatry from George Washington University; a J.D. from American University; a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Missouri; and one year of post-graduate study at the University of Virginia School of Law. His previous academic experiences include Associate Vice-President for Academic Affairs, Arkansas Tech University; Dean of Arts and Sciences, University of Houston, Victoria; Director of Programs, National College of District Attorneys; Professor of Criminology and Director of Justice Center, California State University, Fresno; and Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, St. Edwards University. His non-academic experience includes services as a U.S. Marine Corps infantry officer, as well as service as a military judge and marine judge advocate. Other legal experience includes time as a Trial Supervisor, Office State Counsel for Offenders, Texas Board of Criminal Justice, and judge pro tempore in the California Courts. He has authored or co-authored over 60 books and texts on legal subjects.