Book Description:
In this book, the authors present topical research in the study of the psychology of victimization. Topics discussed include the victims of cyberbullying and the similarities and differences with traditional bullying; discriminating true and false allegations of victimization; the effects of bullying victimization from childhood to young adulthood; the long term impact of victimization in cases of child sexual abuse and the link between victimization and voting preferences. (Imprint: Nova)

Table of Contents:
Preface

Fact or Fiction?: Discriminating True and False Allegations of Victimization
(Kristine A. Peace, Krista L. Brower, Ryan D. Shudra, Grant MacEwan University, Department of Psychology, Edmonton, AB, Canada)

Bank Employees Don’t Go to Heaven: Processes of Victimization of Bank Employees for Violent Crimes
(Eduardo Paes-Machado, Ana Marcia Nascimento, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil)

Victims of Cyber Bullying: Similarities and Differences with Victims of Traditional Bullying
(Juliana Raskauskas, Todd Migliaccio, California State University, Sacramento, California, USA)

Effects of Bullying Victimization from Childhood to Young Adulthood
(Maura Rossi, Luca Bernardo, Cecilia Sterpa, Alberto Ottolini, Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatric Unit, Fatebenefratelli e Oftalmico Hospital, Milan, Italy, and others)

Cyber Victimization and Psychosocial Adjustment in Youth
(Susanne K. Long, Michael L. Sulkowski, Allison G. Dempsey, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA, and others)

Cyberbullying in Germany: What We Know About the Victims
(Catarina Katzer, Cyberpsychology, Media & Youth Research, Cologne, Germany, Chair "Association against Cyberbullying", Karlsruhe, Germany)

The Long Term Impact of Victimization in Cases of Historical Child Sexual Abuse and Intimate Partner Violence
(Susan Rodger, Alan Leschied, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada)

A Conservative is a Liberal Urban Dweller Who has Been Mugged”: A Longitudinal Study on the Links between Victimization and Voting Preferences
(Silvia Russo, Michele Roccato, Alessio Vieno, Department of Psychology, University of Torino, Italy, and others)

Peer Reputations and Peer Victimization
(Dario Bacchini, Gaetana Affuso, Department of Psychology, Second University of Naples, Italy) (a)

Psychology of Victimization
(Jose Carlos Assi Kimou, Centre Ivoirien de Recherches Economique et Sociales (CIRES), University of Cocody-Abidjan, France) (a)

Psychology of Victimization
(Jennifer M. Knack, Tracy Vaillancourt, University of Ottawa, Canada) (a)

Index