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Introduction -- Adolescents and the age of the internet -- The prevalence of routine activities theory -- Investigating adolescent online victimization and formation of relationships with online contacts -- Univariate and bivariate results -- Uncovering potential factors of online victimization -- Applying the findings to the future

Often, research concerning the female offender is scarce. This book adds to the criminological literature on the topic of reentry for women, focusing on the barriers women face as they return to society and adjust to life after incarceration. Each chapter addresses specific issues, challenges, and obstacles affiliated with the hindrance of successful reentry processes associated with female offenders, as well as data-driven empirical studies. While corrections has often misunderstood or overlooked the needs of returning offenders, the shortcomings of the institutions have a greater impact on women than on their male counterparts, particularly regarding the occurrence of social and medical problems, especially those related to mental health and substance abuse. Female Offenders and Reentry helps criminal justice students and practitioners see the full picture when considering the challenges faced by female offenders reintegrating into society.

Sexual Victimization: Then and Now provides scholars easy access to information that specifically examines the continuum of sex crimes and the perception of victims by our criminal justice system and society as a whole. This text features contributions from well-known researchers in the field and serves as an important resource to provide scholars with up-to-date research on sexual victimization that will educate students on this complex and evolving challenge for the criminal justice system. Editors Tara N. Richards and Catherine D. Marcum approach the concept by examining how the criminal ju

Contemporary Prison Sexual Victimization Research(2006-Present)Research on Female Inmates; Research on Victim Characteristics; Research on Perpetrator Characteristics; Challenges with Reporting and Investigating Incidents; Future Prison Sexual Victimization Research; Ch4- Responding to Sexual Assault; What We Know About Prison Sexual Abuse; The Correctional Staff Subculture: Gateway for Misconduct; Prison Subculture: Unwritten Rules and Codes of Silence; Sexual Abuse: It's All About Power; Sexual Abuse Requires a Gendered Response; PREA: Is This the Answer to Sexual Abuse in Prison?

Introduction to victimology -- Theories of victimization -- Victims' rights and remedies -- Hybrid and online victimization -- Personal and property victimization -- Rape, sexual assault, and kidnapping -- Intimate partner violence -- School and work victimization -- Victimization of special populations -- Hate crimes and terrorism