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This course examines the role of victims in crimes, their treatment by the criminal justice system, their decisions to report crimes and help prosecute offenders, victim assistance, and victim compensation. This course will cover three general inter-related areas. One is research and theory on victimization. You will learn about rates of victimization and how they differ according to social categories (race, ethnicity, age, class, gender, etc.), theories that explain victimization, and empirical tests of these theories. The second area is the consequences of victimization. You will learn mostly about the impact of criminal victimization upon individuals’ mental and physical health, but also the macro-social costs of victimization. The third area is practical responses to victimization. You will learn about the history and development of the “victims’ rights movement,” as well as social policy and services aimed at restoring victims.