Revitalizing Victimization Theory: Revisions, Applications, and New Directions

ISBN-13: 9780367748036 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 318 str.

Pratt, Travis C.

Opis

Revitalizing Victimization Theory: Revisions, Applications, and New Directions revises some of the major perspectives in victimization theory, applies theoretical perspectives to the victimization of vulnerable populations, and carves out new theoretical territory that is clearly needed but has yet to be developed.

Spis treści

Introduction: Revitalizing Victimization Theory;  Part I. Revisiting Major Perspectives in Victimization Theory;  1. What Ideas of Victimization and Vulnerability Mean for Criminological Theory: A Logical Appraisal;  2. Modern Control Theory, Lifestyle, and Criminal Victimization;  3. Understanding Victimization: The Role of Cultural Theories;  4. Environmental Criminology, Design, and Victimization: What We Know, How We Have Failed, and Where We Need to Go;  Part II. Victimization and Vulnerable Populations;  5. Victims of Atrocity Crimes;  6. Theoretical Perspectives on the Victimization of Women;  7. Theories of Inmate Victimization;  8. Putting School-Based Victimization in Context;  Part III. New Theoretical Applications;  9. Biosocial Perspectives on Victimization;  10. Toward a Realist Criminology of the Internet: Considering Technology-Facilitated Crime and Victimization;  11. A Theory of Sex Trafficking Victimization