“What ails victimology?” Revisited: Assessing the growth and development of victimology as an academic discipline
More than fifteen years have passed since Jaishankar (2008) published the editorial, “What ails Victimology?” in the International Journal of Criminal Justice Sciences, in which he outlined his perceptions of why victimology has struggled to be recognized as a distinct academic discipline....
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Victimology Society of Serbia and University of Belgrade, Faculty of Special Education and Rehabilitation
2025-01-01
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| description | More than fifteen years have passed since Jaishankar (2008) published the
editorial, “What ails Victimology?” in the International Journal of Criminal
Justice Sciences, in which he outlined his perceptions of why victimology
has struggled to be recognized as a distinct academic discipline. We revisit
the five areas outlined in Jaishankar’s (2008) argument and explore the
growth of the victimology discipline over the past decade and a half. The
exploration considers theoretical development, content of published
scholarly journal articles, courses, curricular programs, published academic
books, and peer-reviewed journals, from 2008 to 2023. It is concluded that
most of the “symptomatic failings” that Jaishankar (2008: 2) outlined as
hampering the growth of victimology seem to be resolved, including concerns
about acceptance of the discipline in the larger international community.
However, there is room for new theoretical developments in victimology and
more graduate-level degree programs. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-90aea77d9ccd4b6196c57f86b106eeeb2025-08-20T03:58:45ZengVictimology Society of Serbia and University of Belgrade, Faculty of Special Education and RehabilitationTemida1450-66372406-09412025-01-0128112716210.2298/TEM2501127B1450-66372501127B“What ails victimology?” Revisited: Assessing the growth and development of victimology as an academic disciplineBeichner-Thomas Dawn0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8849-1673James Chadley1Piason Bothwell2https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5416-4040Department of Criminal Justice Sciences and the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program, Illinois State University, United States of AmericaDepartment of Criminology, California State University - Fresno, United States of AmericaSchool of Criminology and Criminal Justice, ArizonaState University, United States of AmericaMore than fifteen years have passed since Jaishankar (2008) published the editorial, “What ails Victimology?” in the International Journal of Criminal Justice Sciences, in which he outlined his perceptions of why victimology has struggled to be recognized as a distinct academic discipline. We revisit the five areas outlined in Jaishankar’s (2008) argument and explore the growth of the victimology discipline over the past decade and a half. The exploration considers theoretical development, content of published scholarly journal articles, courses, curricular programs, published academic books, and peer-reviewed journals, from 2008 to 2023. It is concluded that most of the “symptomatic failings” that Jaishankar (2008: 2) outlined as hampering the growth of victimology seem to be resolved, including concerns about acceptance of the discipline in the larger international community. However, there is room for new theoretical developments in victimology and more graduate-level degree programs.https://doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/1450-6637/2025/1450-66372501127B.pdfvictimologyscholarshipteachingvictimology disciplinetheory |
| spellingShingle | Beichner-Thomas Dawn James Chadley Piason Bothwell “What ails victimology?” Revisited: Assessing the growth and development of victimology as an academic discipline Temida victimology scholarship teaching victimology discipline theory |
| title | “What ails victimology?” Revisited: Assessing the growth and development of victimology as an academic discipline |
| title_full | “What ails victimology?” Revisited: Assessing the growth and development of victimology as an academic discipline |
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| title_short | “What ails victimology?” Revisited: Assessing the growth and development of victimology as an academic discipline |
| title_sort | what ails victimology revisited assessing the growth and development of victimology as an academic discipline |
| topic | victimology scholarship teaching victimology discipline theory |
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