NCJ Number
17230
Editor(s)
I DRAPKIN,
E VIANO
Date Published
1975
Length
230 pages
Annotation
VOLUME FOUR OF A FIVE-PART SERIES OF WORKS CONTAINING THE PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON VICTIMOLOGY HELD IN JERUSALEM IN 1973.
Abstract
'IN ORDER TO REACH A VALID EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY IN A CRIMINAL SITUATION, IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT BOTH OFFENDER AND VICTIM, THEIR PERSONALITIES, THEIR INTERRELATIONSHIP, AND THEIR INTERACTION BE EXAMINED, AND THAT THE ROLE EACH HAS PLAYED BEFORE AND DURING THE COMMISSION OF THE CRIME BE STUDIED.' THE THIRTEEN PAPERS PUBLISHED IN THIS VOLUME PROVIDE A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE OFFENDER-VICTIM RELATIONSHIP AND REPRESENT THE MOST RECENT WORKS OF VICTIMOLOGISTS IN THIS AREA OF INQUIRY. THEY ARE DIVIDED INTO THREE PARTS ACCORDING TO THE MAJOR OFFENSE BEING INVESTIGATED. PART I, 'HOMICIDE AND SUICIDE,' PRESENTS ARTICLES SUCH AS 'HOMICIDE OF PASSION AND ITS MOTIVES' AND 'CHARACTERISTICS OF HOMICIDE AND SUICIDE VICTIMS IN FORTY NON-LITERATE SOCIETIES.' IN PART II, 'MASS VIOLENCE AND GENOCIDE,' MASS DEVIANCE, MULTICIDE AND GENOCIDE ARE DISCUSSED. PART III, 'CHILDREN'S VICTIMIZATION,' FOCUSES ON ISSUES AND RESEARCH RELATED TO THE 'BATTERED CHILD' AND TO THE CHILD VICTIM OF A SEX OFFENSE. (SNI ABSTRACT)