Routledge Handbook on Victims' Issues in Criminal Justice

Cliff Roberson LL.M., Ph.D., is an Emeritus Professor of Criminal Justice at Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas, and a retired Professor of Criminology at California State University, Fresno, California. His educational background includes a Ph.D. in Human Behavior from U.S. International University; an LL.M. in Criminal Law, Criminology, and Psychiatry from George Washington University; a J.D. from American University; a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Missouri; and one year of post-graduate study at the University of Virginia School of Law. His previous academic experiences include Associate Vice-President for Academic Affairs, Arkansas Tech University; Dean of Arts and Sciences, University of Houston, Victoria; Director of Programs, National College of District Attorneys; Professor of Criminology and Director of Justice Center, California State University, Fresno; and Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, St. Edwards University. His non-academic experience includes services as a U.S. Marine Corps infantry officer, as well as service as a military judge and marine judge advocate. Other legal experience includes time as a Trial Supervisor, Office State Counsel for Offenders, Texas Board of Criminal Justice, and judge pro tempore in the California Courts. He has authored or co-authored over 60 books and texts on legal subjects.

Preface
Foreword

PART 1: INTRODUCTION TO VICTIMS’ RIGHTS

Chapter 1: Issues in Victim Services
Heather Zaykowski

Chapter 2: Federal Victims’ Legislation
Maren Trochmann, Angela R. Gover, and Maria J. Patterson

Chapter 3: Victims’ Assistance Programs’ Reforms
Bethany A. Poff and Catherine D. Marcum

Chapter 4: Victims in Criminology Theory
Tusty ten Bensel and Dana L. Radatz

Chapter 5: Victims’ Rights Legislation: Comparative Assessment and Implementation Issues
Francis D. Boateng

PART II: VICTIM ISSUES REGARDING SPECIFIC TYPES OF VICTIMIZATION

Chapter 6: Expanding the Conceptualization of Survivor in Sexual Assaults
Shelly Clevenger and Jordana N. Navarro

Chapter 7: Intimate Partner Violence, Neoliberal Ideologies, and Controversies about Victimhood
Jennifer Katz and Hillary Rich

Chapter 8: Why Me: Understanding Cybercrime Victimization
Jordana N. Navarro and Shelly Clevenger

Chapter 9: Hate Crime Victimization
Kevin Wong and Kris Christmann

Chapter 10: Counseling Families of Murdered Victims: A Therapeutic Perspective
Nana A. Serwaa Adjekum-Boateng and Francis D. Boateng

Chapter 11: Members of the LGBT Community as Victims of Crime
David P. Weiss

PART III: VICTIM SERVICES

Chapter 12: Enhancing Service Provider Systems
Jed Metzger

Chapter 13: Special Needs of Elderly Victims
Yoshiko Takahashi

Chapter 14: Providers’ and Latina Immigrants’ Views of Anti-Domestic Violence Services in the Midwest
Angelica S. Reina and Cecilia Menjívar

Chapter 15: Victim Impact Statements: Understanding and Improving Their Use
Chadley James

Chapter 16: Victims’ Needs and Restorative Justice
Andrew S. Gladfelter and R. Barry Ruback

Chapter 17: Helping Sexual Assault Victims
Suzanne Overstreet, Susan McNeeley, Kathryn Elvey, and Whitney Gass

Chapter 18: Victim Witnesses in Investigative Interviews and Court Processes
Jacqueline M. Wheatcroft

PART IV: VICTIM SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS

Chapter 19: History of the World Society of Victimology
John P. J. Dussich

Chapter 20: Victimology and Victims’ Service Organizations
Cliff Roberson

Chapter 21: Victims and the Media
Annette Van de Merwe