The Criminal Victimization of Immigrants
The Criminal Victimization of Immigrants

Author: William F. McDonald

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-02-09

Total Pages: 141

ISBN-13: 3319690620

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This book offers a comprehensive examination of the many forms of victimization of immigrants, including trafficking in persons for sexual exploitation and forced labor; assaulting, robbing and raping; refusing to pay wages; renting illegal living space that violates health codes; and domestic abuse both in general, and in particular, of mail-order brides. McDonald examines a broad range of quantitative and qualitative data from historical and international sources including the USA, Canada, Mexico, Britain, Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, and Spain. He writes with a view to correcting myths about the relationship between immigrants and crime, noting that immigrants are more likely to become victims than offenders. The book outlines the multiple forms and contexts in which immigrants are victimized, exploited, and harmed. Reviewing micro- and macro-level victimological and sociological theories as they apply to patterns and forms of immigrants’ victimization, this study ultimately seeks to understand reasons for which immigrants are victimized by their own kind, and by persons outside their community.

Social and Psychological Consequences of Violent Victimization
Social and Psychological Consequences of Violent Victimization

Author: R. Barry Ruback

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2001-05-23

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 9780761910411

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Publisher's description: What are the effects that violent crime has on our everyday lives, both in terms of the individual victims and their larger community? This unique text draws from both the fields of criminology and psychology to provide a comprehensive examination of the two major areas that are most significantly effected by violent crime - the crime victims themselves and the larger sphere of their families, friends, neighborhoods, and communities. Beginning with a discussion of the how we measure and study violent victimization, the authors R. Barry Ruback and Martie P. Thompson, look at the immediate and long-term impact violent acts has upon the direct victims. Social and Psychological Consequences of Violent Victimization examines "secondary victims"--Family members, neighbors, friends, and the professional involved with investigating and prosecuting the crime and helping the victim, and also impacts of violent crime on neighborhoods and communities. The authors conclude with recommendations of effective interventions that can be made at the levels of the individual, the community, and the criminal justice and mental health systems. This book's one-of-a kind focus on both the psychological and social impact of crime makes it an invaluable supplementary text for criminal justice and criminology courses dealing with victimization, violent crimes, and the criminal justice process. The book will also interest professionals in victim services, crime prevention, criminal justice, and social work.

Criminal Victimization Surveys in Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia
Criminal Victimization Surveys in Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia

Author: United States. National Criminal Justice Information and Statistics Service

Publisher:

Published: 1976

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13:

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Victimization surveys conducted in Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, New York, and Philadelphia have measured the extent to which residents age 12 and over, households, and places of business were victimized by selected crimes, whether completed or attempted, that are of major concern to the general public. For crimes against persons, the offenses were rape, robbery, assault, and personal larceny; for households, they were burglary, larceny, and motor vehicle theft; and for commercial establishments, they were robbery and burglary.

Criminal Victimization in the U. S., 1991
Criminal Victimization in the U. S., 1991

Author: DIANE Publishing Company

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 1994-04

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 9780788106552

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Essential facts on victims, crimes, & offenders. Includes: crime trends since 1973; victim characteristics; characteristics of rapes, robberies, assaults, larcenies, burglaries, motor thefts, etc.; violent offender characteristics; victim households, & much more. Charts & tables.

Criminal Victimization (2009)
Criminal Victimization (2009)

Author: Jennifer L. Truman

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 16

ISBN-13: 143794129X

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This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. Presents the annual estimates of rates and levels of violent crime (rape or sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault, and simple assault), property crime (burglary, motor vehicle theft, and property theft), and personal theft (pocket picking and purse snatching). It describes the year-to-year change from 2008 and trends for the 10-year period from 2000 through 2009. The Nat. Criminal Victimization Survey collects information on non-fatal crimes, reported and not reported to the police, against persons age 12 or older from a nationally representative sample of U.S. households. This report also includes data on the characteristics of victims of crime; estimates of intimate partner violence; and use of firearms and other weapons during the crime. Illustrations.