ABSTRACT
Introduction ........................................................................................................ 404 Victimization....................................................................................................... 406 The “Ideal Victim” .............................................................................................. 407 Victimization Surveys ........................................................................................ 408 Victims’ Expectations and Criminal Justice .....................................................411 Victim-Offender Overlap ................................................................................. 413 Theoretical Approaches ..................................................................................... 413 Research Findings .............................................................................................. 415 Implications for Crime Prevention ...................................................................416 Summary and Implications ................................................................................417 Glossary of Key Terms ....................................................................................... 419 Discussion Questions ........................................................................................ 420 Recommended Web Links ................................................................................ 421 Acknowledgment ............................................................................................... 421 References ............................................................................................................ 421
• That the overlap can be explained by a variety of traditional criminological theories
• That, besides conventional procedural justice mechanisms, restorative justice is an important instrument to focus on and deal with aspects of the conflict between parties that cannot be addressed through conventional criminal proceedings
• That more focused empirical research is needed in order to systematically analyze victim experiences by offenders as well as offending patterns of victims in order to provide the necessary evidence for more reality-oriented crime prevention programs.
