The Victimization of Women

Download or read book The Victimization of Women written by Jane Roberts Chapman and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1978-03 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contributors to this volume -- practitioners, planners, and policy-oriented professionals -- are all concerned with the ways in which women are collectively and individually abused in contemporary society. Despite an apparent rise in the consciousness of the general public with respect to these crimes, the victims continue to be subjected to a second 'victimization' by the criminal justice system, the community, and sometimes their families, who suggest that the women contributed to their criminal victimization or even 'deserved it'.