WEEK OF
TOPIC AND READING
QUESTIONS
9/7
VICTIMIZATION: WHAT, WHO, HOW MUCH, NEW TYPES
Introduction: Course goals; syllabus; academic misconduct
* What is crime * Who are crime victims * What are the
elements of the crime incident *Before, during, and after
KARMEN: INTRODUCTION AND CHAPTER 1
ONLINE: WHAT IS THE OFFICE OF THE VICTIMS OF CRIME?
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/factshts/ovcfact.htm
9/13
Victimization: How much, and at what cost
KARMEN, CHAPTER 2
9/20
ONLINE: TWO ARTICLES:
available at: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/infores/victims/
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The Extent and Costs of Crime Victimization: A New Look (SHORT VERSION - first one by this title)
- Victim Costs and Consequences A New Look (LONG VERSION: ONLY UP THROUGH P. 19 - second one by this title)
ABOVE ALSO HAS INSTRU-CTIONS; print out before you go to reading
9/27
Theories for understanding the victimization event:
routine activities theory, lifestyles, victim "provocation,"
ecological
KARMEN , CHAPTER 3
10/4
More on theories of crime; Beginning to consider
special issues: Campus Crime, and Campus Victims
HANDED OUT IN CLASS: INFOLINK: campus crimes; Campus
Secutiry, Violence Against Women Legislation
ONLINE:
Background on campus crime reporting and campus crime
victims rights:
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/assist/nvaa/ch21-8cc.htm
Increases on specific campuses
Differences in reporting practices
Bryan
Nisenfeld
http://www.providencephoenix.com/archive/features/98/01/08/BRYAN.html
First
Nisenfeld article
http://www.providencephoenix.com/archive/features/97/06/12/MISSING.html
10/11
Stalking
ONLINE: Stalking in America: Findings From the
National Violence Against Women Survey available at: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/victdocs.htm
Domestic Violence, Interventions with Batterers
ONLINE: Findings About Partner Violence From the
Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study, Research in
Brief (http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/victdocs.htm
PAPER 2 DUE 10/15
10/18
UNDERSTANDING PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACTS
Overview of the consequences of victimization:
psychological, social, economic. Using the stress perspective to
understand impact of crime
ONLINE (available through JSTOR - put in year, and
(depression OR support in title -BE SURE TO CLICK ON SOCIOLOGY
JOURNALS - you can print out or download):
Specifying the Buffering Hypothesis: Support, Strain,
and Depression. Pamela Braboy Jackson Social
Psychology Quarterly, Vol. 55, No. 4.
(Dec., 1992), pp. 363-378.
JUST READ THE INTRO, UP TO PAGE 368.
ONLINE: (available through JSTOR - put in year, and
(depression OR support in title): Control or Defense? Depression and
the Sense of Control over Good and Bad Outcomes. John Mirowsky,
Catherine E. Ross, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Vol.
31, No. 1. (Mar., 1990), pp. 71-86. JUST READ UP TO P. 76, THEN FROM
81 TO END
IN CLASS MINI MID TERM, 10/22/99
10/25
REPEAT VICTIMIZATION
REQUIRED ONLINE: Laycock and Pease
"Revictimization: Reducing the heat on hot victims"
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles/revictim.pdf
STRONGLY RECOMMENDED: Kingma (1999) "Repeat
victimization of victims of violence 1971-1995" Journal of
interpersonal violence [online through PROQUEST DIRECT; ALSO
AVAILABLE THROUGH COURSEINFO.TEMPLE.EDU PART OF WEBSITE. You will
need your logon password
11/1
STARTING TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THE SYSTEM CAN DO
What the system can do: Victim and Witness Intimidation and its Prevention
ONLINE: Victim and Witness Intimidation: New
Developments and Emerging Responses (go to: http://www.ncjrs.org/courdocs.htm;
you will see the document listed. Documents are arranged alphabetically.
RECOMMENDED READING (I will be covering
some of this in class):
Protection orders
ONLINE: Legal Interventions in Family Violence:
Research Findings and Policy (available at: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/courdocs.htm
Read the following chapters:
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Civil Protection Orders: Legislation, Current Court Practice, and Enforcement (Peter Finn and Sarah Colson) PAGES 43-47
- The Effectiveness of Civil Protection Orders
(Susan Keilitz, Paula Hannaford, and Hillery S. Efkeman) PAGES 47-49
- Effects of Restraining Orders on Domestic Violence Victims (Adele Harrell and Barbara Smith) PAGES 49-51
11/8
THE SYSTEM, THE VICTIMS, THEIR RIGHTS, AND POLICE
READ: KARMEN CHAPTER 4 (156-208)
PAPER 3 DUE 11/12
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11/15
VICTIMS AND THE SYSTEM: MORE
READ: OVC, Chapters 1 and 2 (this also is available
online if you did not find buy the book. See books).
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/new/directions
ONLY PRINT THE PAGES YOU NEED
SPECIAL FILM SHOWING ON 11/17 - EARN PARTICIP. POINTS
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11/22
AND PROSECUTION AND THE JUDICIARY
READ: OVC, Chapters 3,4
RECOMMENDED:
READ: ONLINE: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/help/impact/
(just look at key findings and recommendations sections)
only print pages you need.
CLASS MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY - NO CLASS FRIDAY -
THNKSGiViNG BREAK
11/29
COMPENSATION AND RESTITUTION
READ: KARMEN, Ch. 6
PAPER 4 PROBABLY DUE
12/6
More on compensation, mediation, neighborhood justice centers
READ: OVC, Chapters 14, 15
Mediation
KARMEN, 349-358
THIS WEEK THERE IS CLASS ON MONDAY (12/6) AND
FRIDAY (12/10) BUT NO CLASS ON WEDNESDAY (12/8)
ON FRIDAY 12/10 you will have your second in-class
writing exercise. I already (11/4) have started a list of questions
for that