1st Edition

Revitalizing Victimization Theory Revisions, Applications, and New Directions

Edited By Travis C. Pratt, Jillian J. Turanovic Copyright 2021
328 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

328 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

328 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

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. With the exception of a handful of isolated works in the mid-twentieth century,... Read more

Introduction: Revitalizing Victimization Theory

Travis C. Pratt and Jillian J. Turanovic

Part I. Revisiting Major Perspectives in Victimization Theory

1. What Ideas of Victimization and Vulnerability Mean for Criminological Theory: A Logical Appraisal

Christopher J. Schreck and Mark T. Berg

2. Modern Control Theory, Lifestyle, and Criminal Victimization

Michael R. Gottfredson

3. Understanding Victimization: The Role of Cultural Theories

Charis E. Kubrin and Graham C. Ousey

4. Environmental Criminology, Design, and Victimization: What We Know, How We Have Failed, and Where We Need to Go

Martin A. Andresen and Tarah Hodgkinson

Part II. Victimization and Vulnerable Populations

5. Victims of Atrocity Crimes

Hollie Nyseth Brehm and Laura C. Frizzell

6. Theoretical Perspectives on the Victimization of Women

Candace Kruttschnitt and Timothy Kang

7. Theories of Inmate Victimization

Daniel P. Mears

8. Putting School-Based Victimization in Context

Heather Zaykowski and Callie Marie Rennison

Part III. New Theoretical Applications

9. Biosocial Perspectives on Victimization

Kevin M. Beaver and Bridget Joyner

10. Toward a Realist Criminology of the Internet: Considering Technology-Facilitated Crime and Victimization

Kevin F. Steinmetz and Adrienne L. McCarthy

11. A Theory of Sex Trafficking Victimization

Teresa C. Kulig and Francis T. Cullen

Biography

Travis C. Pratt is Research Director of the Harris County Community Supervision and Corrections Department and Fellow of the University of Cincinnati Corrections Institute. He conducts research in the areas of correctional policy, the sources of criminal behavior, and the nature of victimization.

Jillian J. Turanovic is an Associate Professor and Director of the Crime Victim Research and Policy Institute in the College of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Florida State University. Her research is aimed at examining various issues in criminological theory and correctional policy, with a special focus on victimization, violence, and the life course.