Synopsis
The term ""victim"" recognizes a wide variety of victimizations that include but are not limited to physical, sexual, financial, psychological, emotional, and/or social consequences, including vicarious trauma. With such widespread types of victims, it is important that research focuses on these rarely discussed groups to give a better understanding of victimology. Traditional victimology texts focus on broad crime typology, such as the general crime of assault, without looking into victim selection or context. However, understanding the victim of the crimes is extremely important in the pursuit of justice. In addition, these traditional texts continue to exclude certain victimizations such as environmental crimes or white-collar crimes and more. This gap in the field needs to be addressed as some of the most victimized populations remain absent from critical research.
Invisible Victims and the Pursuit of Justice: Analyzing Frequently Victimized Yet Rarely Discussed Populations expands the study of crime victims to be more inclusive of common types of victimization by exploring invisible crime victims that are rarely, if ever, addressed in traditional victimology. This book also provides an understanding of victimization and barriers to victim assistance. The chapters will illustrate the scope and response to these crime victims, as well as answer important questions about victimology and grant real-world perspectives of victimization.
This book is appropriate for a wide range of readership including but not limited to criminologists, victim service providers, psychologists, sociologists, social workers, advocate groups, law enforcement, lawyers, defense attorneys, criminal justice practitioners, academicians, researchers, and students studying criminology, criminal justice, victimology, social work, psychology, and social justice.
About the Authors
Dr. Raleigh Blasdell is a Criminologist who has been teaching at the collegiate level since 2008. She is an Associate Professor at North Central College (Naperville, IL, USA) where she teaches courses on criminology, criminal justice, race, and research methods. Raleigh earned her Ph.D. in Criminology from The University of South Florida, and is a graduate of the Tokiwa International Victimology Institute's (Tokiwa, Japan) Asian Postgraduate Course on Victimology and Victim Assistance. Prior to academia, she worked as a victim advocate. Since 2014, she has volunteered with the Missouri Department of Corrections, and provides direct programming to persons who are incarcerated on topics related to the impact of crime on victims and restorative justice. Raleigh maintains an active research agenda that studies victims of crime, marginalized populations, and restorative justice. She has presented original research both independently and with students at over 30 academic conferences across the United States and abroad.
Laura Krieger-Sample has been an Instructor in the Department of Criminal Justice, Social Work, and Sociology at Southeast Missouri State University (Cape Girardeau, MO, USA) since 2012. Laura primarily teaches corrections-based courses (both institutional and non-institutional) as well as introduction to criminal justice, juvenile justice, victimology, and offender rehabilitation. In addition to her teaching load, she serves as the Criminal Justice Internship Coordinator. Laura has been a certified volunteer in corrections (VIC) for the Missouri Department of Corrections since 2015 and assists in the facilitation of restorative justice, reentry, leadership, and victimization programming. Her research interests are wide ranging, and she has presented and published in the areas of corrections, capital punishment, law enforcement, student empathy, leadership, and best practices in student learning.
Dr. Michelle Kilburn is a full professor in the Department of Criminal Justice, Social Work, and Sociology at Southeast Missouri State University (Cape Girardeau, MO, USA). She currently teaches undergraduate and graduate courses pertaining to the criminal justice system, social justice, law and social control, policy analysis, leadership, research methods, and statistics. Her research is varied focusing primarily on program and policy analysis, victims’ perceptions of victim impact panels, the use of social media in law enforcement, inmate leadership development programs, students’ perceptions of online learning, and innovative pedagogical strategies in criminal justice. She has also volunteered with the Missouri Department Corrections and assisted in programming for incarcerated persons as well as served as the lead researcher in the state-wide evaluation of the state's probation and parole system.
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