Crime Victims: An Introduction to Victimology (Wadsworth Contemporary Issues in Crime and Justice)
By:
Andrew Karmen
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CRIME VICTIMS: AN INTRODUCTION TO VICTIMOLOGY is a innovative and comprehensive guide that offers balanced coverage on this controversial subject. A must-have for anyone interested in this field!
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
Customer Review: 4 out of 5
A competent overview - I have been teaching Victimology classes using Karmen's book since the first edition. I have occasionally tried other books, and always gone back to Karmen. For a semester of intensive work, this comprehensive book from someone with real experience on victim issues is about the right length. My only complaint is that he sometimes bends over too far backward trying to be balanced. If you want a thorough overview of issues concerning crime victims in the American criminal justice system, this is as good as it gets.
Customer Review: 2 out of 5
Long Vehicle - Please Do NOT Pass - Unfortunately, Wadsworth editors allowed Andrew Karmen to turn what could have been a nippy little sports car into a 14-wheeler. The 370+ pages could have been edited to 200 had an editor removed the padding. Instead of zipping along, readers have to drag both themselves and an articulated truckful of words behind them. No verb is left without an adverb and synonym, no noun without an adjective and a thesaurus-full of alternatives, and no idea passes without a repetitive redundancy. Consider, just as an example, the "media." No, you are not smart enough to know what the media are; Andrew spells it all out - "The news media - newspapers, magazines, and radio and television stations - deserve...." (page 25) Gee, thanks, Andrew, I really needed that pointed out to me! I won't bother with more.All of this is a pity because the subject matter is important. But the book -in the way that it is written - suggests that this is a little subject being dressed up, padded and presented as more than it is. And that is the opposite of what I believe, and the opposite of what Andrew Karmen intends. The book is worth reading, but prepare for heavy hauling. Wadsworth - you have done Andrew and Victimology a disservice. Jerry Glover
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