The term victim refers to a person harmed, injured, or killed as a
result of a crime, accident, or other event or action. Victimology
focuses on the victimization in terms of psychological effects,
impact on criminal justice system and new policies and it is a
major aspect in the area of forensic field. Victimization can occur
due to abuse, assault, maltreatment, war, terrorism, crimes and it
can happen in different settings like home, school, and public. In
the past, more emphasis was given to perpetrators and various
theories tried explain the behavior of perpetrator and their
offences. Recently, researchers started focusing different aspects
of victimology and explored risk factors for becoming victim,
reasons for repeated victimization, and forensic, psychological and
social dimensions of victims and consequences of victimization. But
there is a need for new theories and researches to have more
thorough understanding of victimization. The field of criminology
dealt with crimes and various theories has developed to explain why
crime occurs and more focused on perpetrators. A crime involves
perpetrator and victim and not much attention has been given to the
victim until recently. What happens to a victim, what are the
psychological and social consequences of a harmful act to a victim,
vulnerabilities to become a victim are getting serious attention
now a days and started influencing the criminal justice system. The
psychological and social impacts of victimization may be a short or
long duration but the impacts cannot be ignored. The legal remedies
and psychological healings are important aspects of victimization.
While considering these factors, the book would be focusing on
origin and scope of victimology, different types of victimization
such as sexual abuse, domestic violence, maltreatment, cyber
crimes, war and terrorism, natural calamities, victimization at
school and work place, human trafficking, crime against persons,
crime against property, white collar crime, elder abuse, victim
with disabilities, secondary victim and re-victimization and its
psychological impacts and related issues. The book would also focus
on victimology and forensic factors and its influence on criminal
justice system in addition to the psychological management of
victimization.
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