Vulnerable Victimizations

ISBN-13: 9781032552385 / Twarda / 2023 / 258 str.

Opis

This edited volume showcases research on vulnerable victimizations, or more specifically, on individuals and/or populations that, due to their status, have less power in society, are socially controlled in unique ways in the criminal–legal system, or are members of marginalized groups.

Spis treści

Introduction 1. A Veneer of Idyllic but [Un]safe Dirt Roads: Young Women’s Pathways to Safety and Belonging behind Prison Walls 2. “Nevertheless She Persisted:” Confronting the Silencing and Reproduction of Gender-Based Violence among U.S. Asylum Seekers 3. Differences in Adverse Childhood Experiences and Coercive Control among Native American and Non-Native American Justice-Involved Women 4. Understanding Intimate Partner Cyber Abuse across Partnership Categories Based on Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation 5. Queering Title IX: Protecting Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Students from Discrimination, Harassment, and Violence 6. Risk and Danger among the “Invisible”: Bisexual IPV Victimization, Lifestyle Factors, and Feelings of Marginalization 7. Navigating Biases and Distrust of Systems: American and Canadian Intimate Partner Violence Service Providers’ Experiences with Trans and Immigrant Women Clients 8. Fear of Victimization among LGBQ, Non-Binary, and Transgender College and University Students in the United States 9. Understanding Predictors of Violent and Non-Violent Crime Victimization among Asian-American/Pacific Islanders 10. Tough or No Love? Parental Migration and Children’s Exposure to Corporal Punishment and Neglect in Rural China 11. (Under)Cover and Uncovered: Muslim Women’s Resistance to Islamophobic Violence

O autorze

Philip Mulvey is Associate Professor in the Department of Victim Studies at Sam Houston State University. His academic work focuses on the experiences of individuals with mental illness under formal social control, as well as other marginalized groups, and justice policies that impact these individuals. Prior to entering academia, he was the program manager at the Health Disparities and Public Policy program at Northwestern University.

Shelly L. Clevenger is the Department Chair for the Department of Victim Studies at Sam Houston State University. Her area of expertise is cybervictimization, gender, and interpersonal victimization. She has peer-reviewed publications and books on these topics. She also is the receipient of many national awards.