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Victimizing Vulnerable Groups: Images of Uniquely High-Risk Crime Targets

Victimizing Vulnerable Groups: Images of Uniquely High-Risk Crime Targets

Coston, Charisse

Hardcover

Series: Praeger Criminology and Crime Control Policy

CriminologySocial Movements

ISBN10: 0275966143
ISBN13: 9780275966140
Publisher: Praeger
Published: Jul 30 2004
Pages: 387
Weight: 1.69
Height: 1.33 Width: 6.46 Depth: 9.50
Language: English

Victimization varies across the population. Selected characteristics of some individuals and groups make them more vulnerable to crime than others. This is the first reader to focus on the most vulnerable among us. Based in science and free of statistical jargon, this collection goes beyond cursory explanations to examine victimization experiences among members of uniquely susceptible crime targets. Such groups include: homeless women; pregnant drug addicts; inmates with H.I.V.; international students; residents of developing nations; and non-human animals.

Coston identifies twenty-five sub-groups and uses a multi-disciplinary approach to provide readers with important background information, an outline of fundamental issues, and a variety of particular germinal ideas. Contributors present a well-rounded view of the nature of the problems faced by each group, including critiques of past and current initiatives and suggestions for practical policy strategies.

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