Compare and contrast the “typical” victim and victimization incident according to findings from the National Crime Victimization Survey and the British Crime Survey. What can account for the...

Compare and contrast the “typical” victim and victimization incident according to findings from the National Crime Victimization Survey and the British Crime Survey. What can account for the similarities? What can account for the differences?

1. Do an Internet search for, and use this book to determine, the right that you think is most important for crime victims to have. What recent case law has dealt with victims attempting to exercise this right? What challenges do you think victims face in trying to exercise this right? What resources are available to them?

2. What is restorative justice? How does victim–offender mediation fit within the notions of restorative justice? Do other victim services fit the goals of restoration? Which ones? Why?

3. Pick a specific type of crime victimization and identify the following: (1) What is the extent of this type of victimization? (2) Who is the “typical” victim? (3) What resources are available for these types of victims? (4) What is unique about the victim experience for this type of victimization?