CRJU 132 - Victimology

Credit(s): 3
3 hours lecture, 3 hours contact
This course focuses on the central character in a criminal act, the victim. Its objectives are to understand what it means to be victimized and to learn how to offer a victim real help. Special attention will be given to the victims of particular sorts of crimes such as sexual assault; child, adolescent and spouse abuse; victimization of the elderly and of parents; incest; and to the survivors of homicide victims.