A Holistic Response to Crime Victimization

This week’s required readings discuss how multifaceted victimization is and the role of a social support system in assisting a victim to work through victimization. There are many techniques that can be used to respond to crime victimization, such as using innovative advancements in technology or grassroots activism and action.

Address the following in your initial post:

• What three methods do you propose will provide a holistic response to crime victimization? Explain.
• In your response, critique the criminal justice system’s response to victimization and propose a holistic plan for providing victims with restitution.
• In your opinion, what will it take in order for victims to be made whole again? Explain.

Your initial post must contain approximately 400 words and reference at least two scholarly sources in proper APA format.

Daigle, L. E. (2017). Victimology: A text/reader (2nd ed.). Retrieved from https://content.ashford.edu/

• Section XIV: Contemporary Issues in Victimology: Victims of Hate Crimes, Human Trafficking, and Terrorism (pp. 570-589)

Davis, R. C., & Ullman, S. E. (2013). The key contributions of family, friends, and neighbors. In R. C. Davis, A. J. Lurigio, & S. Herman (Eds.), Victims of crime (pp. 233-250). Retrieved from https://content.ashford.edu/

• This is Chapter 10 in this primary course text.

Lurigio, A. J., Canada, K. E., & Epperson, M. W. (2013). Crime victimization and mental illness. In R. C. Davis, A. J. Lurigio, & S. Herman (Eds.), Victims of crime (pp. 211-230). Retrieved from https://content.ashford.edu/

• This is Chapter 9 in this primary course text.

Walts, K. K. (2013). Understanding child trafficking in the United States: A review of current policies, research, and issues facing survivors. In R. C. Davis, A. J. Lurigio, & S. Herman (Eds.), Victims of crime (pp. 469-490). Retrieved from https://content.ashford.edu/

• This is Chapter 20 in this primary course text.