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Victimology and crime prevention are growing, interrelated areas cutting across several disciplines Victimology examines victims of all sorts of criminal activity, from domestic abuse, tstreet violence, tvictims in the workplace whlose jobs and pensions due tmalfeasance by corporate executives Crime prevention is an important companion tvictimology because it offers insight and techniques tprevent situations that lead tcrime and attempts toffer ideas and means for mitigating or minimizing the potential for victimization In many ways, the twfields have developed along parallel yet separate paths, and the literature on both has been scattered across disciplines as varied as sociology, law and criminology, public health and medicine, political science and public policy, economics, psychology and human services, and more The Encyclopedia of Victimology and Crime Prevention provides a comprehensive reference work bringing together such dispersed knowledge as it outlines and discusses the status of victims within the criminal justice system and topics of deterring and preventing victimization in the first place and responding tvictims needs Twvolumes containing approximately 375 signed entries provide users with the most authoritative and comprehensive reference resource available on victimology and crime prevention, both in terms of breadth and depth of coverage In addition tstandard entries, leading scholars in the field have contributed Anchor Essays that, in broad strokes, provide starting points for investigating the more salient victimology and crime prevention topics A representative sampling of general topic areas covered includes: interpersonal and domestic violence, child maltreatment, and elder abuse; street violence; hate crimes and terrorism; treatment of victims by the media, courts, police, and politicians; community response tcrime victims; physical design for crime prevention; victims of nonviolent crimes; deterrence and prevention; helping and counseling crime victims; international and comparative perspectives, and more
