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A scam is a fraud involving trickery to obtain a financial or other benefit. The term scam can be used broadly to refer to most types of fraud, but it usually implies a deliberate and planned hoax, often one that can ...
- Business Prevention Actions
- Civil Justice System
- Correlates of Victimization
- Age and Victimization
- Correlates of Victimization
- Gangs and Victimization
- Guns and Victimization
- Immigration and Victimization
- Juvenile Offending and Victimization
- Mental Illness and Victimization
- Offending and Victimization
- Peer Networks and Victimization
- Race/Ethnicity and Victimization
- Sex and Victimization
- Sexual Orientation and Victimization
- Substance Use and Victimization
- Substance Use and Violence Against Women
- Courts: Alternative Remedies
- Courts: Law and Justice
- Court Advocates
- Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children
- Defendants' Rights Versus Victims' Rights
- Dispute Resolution
- Domestic Violence/Family Violence Courts
- Electronic Monitoring
- Expert Testimony and Forensic Evidence
- In-Camera Proceedings
- Innocence Projects
- Landmark Victim-Related Court Cases, Federal, United States
- Landmark Victim-Related Court Cases, International
- Rape and Consent Issues
- Repressed/Recovered Memories
- Restitution
- Victim Compensation
- Victim Impact Statements
- Witness Assistance Programs
- Crime Prevention
- Closed-Circuit Television
- Crime Prevention
- Crime Prevention Initiatives, International
- Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design
- Crime Prevention, Domains of
- Crime Prevention: Micro, Meso, and Macro Levels
- Defensible Space
- Detached Youth Work Initiatives
- Deterrence
- Developmental and Social Crime Prevention
- Diffusion of Benefits
- Displacement
- Early Education Programming
- Electronic Monitoring
- Family Nurturing Programs
- Future of Crime Prevention
- Lighting
- Multisystemic Therapy
- Pathways to Prevention
- Product Design: Concealable, Removable, Available, Valuable, Enjoyable, and Disposable (CRAVED), and Value, Inertia, Visibility, and Access (VIVA)
- Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies (PATHS)
- Property Marking/Operation Identification
- Situational Crime Prevention
- Situational Crime Prevention, Critiques of
- Crime Prevention Partnerships
- Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy (CAPS)
- Crime and Disorder Act
- Crime Prevention Partnerships, International
- Crime Prevention Partnerships, United States
- Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.)
- Operation Ceasefire/Pulling Levers
- Project Safe Neighborhoods
- Reducing Burglary Initiative
- Safer Cities Program
- Strategic Approaches to Community Safety Initiative (SACSI)
- Criminal Justice System
- Community Policing
- Correction Officials and Victims
- Court Advocates
- Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children
- Defendants' Rights Versus Victims' Rights
- Domestic Violence and Arrest Policy
- Domestic Violence Fatality Review Team
- Domestic Violence/Family Violence Courts
- Double Victimization
- Electronic Monitoring
- In-Camera Proceedings
- Innocence Projects
- Minneapolis Domestic Violence Experiment and Replication
- Police and Victims
- Police Crime Prevention Units
- Probation/Parole and Victims
- Problem-Oriented Policing
- Protection/Restraining Orders
- Rape Law Reform
- Rape Shield Laws
- Reassurance Policing
- Scanning, Analysis, Response, and Assessment (SARA)
- Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE)
- Sexual Assault Response Team (SART)
- Victim Impact Statements
- Victim-Witness Projects
- Witness Assistance Programs
- Fear of Crime
- Individual Protection Actions
- Interventions and Intervention Programs for Victim and Offender
- Child Abuse, Neglect, and Maltreatment: Interventions for
- Cognitive—Behavioral Therapy
- Couples Therapy
- Drug Use Forecasting/Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring
- Elder Abuse, Neglect, and Maltreatment: Interventions for
- Exploitation by Scams, Interventions for
- Family Therapy
- Medical and Mental Health Services
- Multisystemic Therapy
- Offender-Based Programs
- Parents Anonymous
- Pathways to Prevention
- Rape Crisis Centers
- Substance Abuse, Prevention of
- Substance Abuse, Treatment of
- Treating Rapists/Sex Offenders
- Treating Violent Offenders
- Women's Shelters/Help Lines
- Workplace Violence and Bullying, Interventions for
- Youth Violence, Interventions for
- Intrafamilial Offenses
- Abuse, Ritual Child
- Abuse, Sibling
- Abuse, Spouse
- Child Abuse, Identification of
- Child Abuse, Neglect, and Maltreatment
- Domestic Violence
- Domestic Violence and Arrest Policy
- Domestic Violence, Committed by Police and Military Personnel
- Domestic Violence, Same-Sex
- Domestic Violence/Family Violence Courts
- Elder Abuse, Neglect, and Maltreatment
- Elder Abuse, Neglect, and Maltreatment: Institutional
- Family Violence
- Incest
- Intimate Partner Violence
- Male Victims of Partner Violence
- Minneapolis Domestic Violence Experiment and Replication
- Mutual Battery
- Parents Anonymous
- Protection/Restraining Orders
- Rape
- Rape, Acquaintance and Date
- Rape, Marital
- Repressed/Recovered Memories
- Legislation and Statutes
- AMBER Alert
- Brady Bill
- Central Registry
- Child Abuse, Neglect, and Maltreatment: Mandatory Reporting
- Child Abuse, Neglect, and Maltreatment: Statutory Responses
- Child Protective Services
- College and University Campus Legislation, Federal
- College and University Campus Legislation, State
- Compulsory HIV Testing
- Crime and Disorder Act
- Crime Victims Fund
- Domestic Violence and Arrest Policy
- Elder Abuse, Neglect, and Maltreatment: Statutory Responses
- Hate and Bias Crime, Statutory Responses
- Lautenberg Amendment
- Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA)
- Mandatory Reporting Statutes
- Medical Examiner Response Team (MERT)
- Megan's Law
- President's Crime Commission Report, 1967
- President's Task Force on Victims of Crime, 1982
- Rape Law Reform
- Rape Shield Laws
- Son of Sam Laws
- Stalking Laws
- Victims' Rights Legislation, Federal, United States
- Victims' Rights Legislation, International
- Victims' Rights Movement, International
- Victims' Rights Movement, United States
- Violence Against Women Act of 1994 and Subsequent Revisions
- Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
- Media and Crime Prevention
- Methodology
- Cognitive Mapping
- Compstat
- Cost-Benefit Analysis and Crime Prevention
- Crime Mapping
- Crime Science
- Diffusion of Benefits
- Displacement
- Hot Spots of Fear
- Meta-Analysis
- Methodological Issues in Counting Victims
- Methodological Issues in Evaluating Effectiveness of Crime Prevention
- Prospective Crime Mapping
- Scanning, Analysis, Response, and Assessment (SARA)
- Victimization Surveys
- Virtual Repeats and Near Repeats
- Offenses, Special Topics
- Child Pornography and Sexual Exploitation
- Corporal Punishment
- Cyber and Internet Offenses
- Cyberstalking
- Dating Violence
- Disabilities, Victimization of Individuals With
- Exploitation by Scams
- Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Individuals, Victimization of
- Hate and Bias Crime
- Homeless, Violence Against
- Human Trafficking
- Internet Fraud
- Mass Murder and Suicides in Cults
- Occupational Violence
- Prison Violence
- Psychological/Emotional Abuse
- Rape, Prison
- Rural Crime
- Secondary Victims of Homicide
- Sports Violence
- Terrorism/Terror Attack
- Tourist Criminal Victimization
- Victimless Crimes
- Victims of Police Use of Deadly Force
- War Crimes
- Women's Use of Aggression
- Official Crime Data
- Personal Offenses
- Assault: Simple and Aggravated
- Bullying
- Femicide
- Football Hooliganism
- Homicide and Murder
- Homicide, Children and Youth
- Human Trafficking
- Infanticide
- Kidnapping
- Mass Murder and Suicides in Cults
- Missing, Exploited, and Murdered Children
- Parricide
- Pedophilia
- Protection/Restraining Orders
- Rape and Consent Issues
- Robbery
- Same-Sex Intimate Partner Violence
- Serial Murder
- Sexual Harassment
- Sexual Victimization
- Sports Violence
- Stalkers, Types of
- Stalking
- Victims of Police Use of Deadly Force
- Property Offenses
- Arson/Firesetting
- Bank and Cash-in-Transit Robbery
- Burglary
- Carjacking
- Corporate Crime
- Health Care Fraud
- Identity Theft
- Internet Fraud
- Larceny/Theft
- Motor Vehicle Theft
- Product Design: Concealable, Removable, Available, Valuable, Enjoyable, and Disposable (CRAVED), and Value, Inertia, Visibility, and Access (VIVA)
- Property Marking/Operation Identification
- Tourist Criminal Victimization
- Vandalism
- White-Collar Crime
- Psychological, Mental, and Physical Health Issues
- Battered Woman Syndrome
- Battered-Child Syndrome
- Compassion Fatigue
- Compulsory HIV Testing
- Crisis Reaction Repair Cycle
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
- Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy
- Physical Health Consequences of Victimization
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Psychological and Behavioral Consequences of Victimization
- Rape Trauma Syndrome
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Sexual Victimization
- Shaken Baby Syndrome
- Stockholm Syndrome
- Victim Service Providers, Training of
- Residential Community Crime Prevention
- Citizen Patrols
- Community Antidrug Programs
- Community Policing
- Crime and Disorder Act
- Kirkholt Burglary Prevention Project
- Neighborhood Watch Programs
- New Deal for Communities
- Problem-Oriented Policing
- Reducing Burglary Initiative
- Safer Cities Program
- Strategic Approaches to Community Safety Initiative (SACSI)
- Vigilantism
- School and Workplace Offenses
- Campus Crime, College and University
- Campus Policing and Security
- Occupational Violence
- School Crimes, Elementary Through High School
- School Shootings
- School Teachers/Staff, Victimization of
- School Violence
- Small Businesses, Victimization Against and Within
- Third-Party Lawsuits
- Third-Party Policing
- Workplace Bullying and Psychological Aggression
- Workplace Violence and Bullying, Interventions for
- Workplace Violence, International Perspective
- Workplace Violence, Prevention and Security
- Workplace Violence, Training and Education
- Workplace Violence, United States
- Workplace, Domestic Violence in the
- School-Based Crime Prevention
- Alternative Schools
- Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.)
- Early Education Programming
- Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.)
- Perry Preschool Project
- Project PATHE
- Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies (PATHS)
- Resolving Conflict Creatively Program
- School-Based Bullying Prevention
- School-Based Violence Programs, International
- School-Based Violence Programs, United States
- Services and Treatment for Victims
- Adult Protective Services
- Bereavement Process
- Child Death Review Team
- Child Protective Services
- Crime Victims Fund
- Death Notification
- Domestic Violence Fatality Review Team
- Homicide, Victim Advocacy Groups
- Medical Examiner Response Team (MERT)
- Police Fatality Review Teams
- Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE)
- Sexual Assault Response Team (SART)
- Survivor Patterns
- Victim Assistance by Faith-Based Organizations
- Victim Assistance Programs, International
- Victim Assistance Programs, United States
- Victim Service Providers, Training of
- Victim Support Groups
- Women's Shelters/Help Lines
- Theory
- Child Abuse, Neglect, and Maltreatment: Theories of
- Conjunction of Criminal Opportunity Theory
- Crime Pattern Theory
- Cycle of Violence, Theory of
- Early Victimization Theories
- Elder Abuse, Neglect, and Maltreatment: Theories of
- Family and Domestic Violence, Theories of
- Hot Spots
- Incivilities/Social Disorder
- Intimate Partner Violence, Theories of
- Journey to Crime
- Lifestyle Theory
- Rape, Theories of
- Rational Choice Theory
- Reintegrative Shaming
- Repeat Victimization, Theories of
- Risk and Protective Factors and Resiliency
- Routine Activities Theory
- School-Based Theories of Delinquency
- Shadow of Sexual Assault Hypothesis
- Situational Action Theory
- Social Control and Self-Control Theory
- Structural Choice Theory
- Victim Precipitation
- Victimization, Theories of
- Violence, Theories of
- Victimization Scales and Surveys
- British Crime Survey (BCS)
- Calculating Extent of Victimization: Incidence, Prevalence, and Rates
- Child Abuse, Neglect, and Maltreatment: Measurement of
- Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS/CTS2)
- Elder Abuse, Neglect, and Maltreatment: Measurement of
- Fear of Crime, Measurement of
- International Crime Victimization Survey (ICVS)
- International Violence Against Women Survey (IVAWS)
- Intimate Partner Violence, Risk Assessment
- National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)
- National Crime Victimization Survey, Supplements
- National Victimization Against College Women Surveys
- National Violence Against Women Survey (NVAWS)
- Perceptions of Dangerous Situations Scale
- Psychological/Emotional Abuse, Measurement of
- Rape and Sexual Victimization, Measurement of
- Repeat Victimization
- Revictimization
- Severity of Violence Against Women Scales/Severity of Violence Against Men Scales, Measurement of
- Sexual Harassment, Measurement of
- Stalking, Measurement of
- Threat Assessment
- Victimization Surveys
- Virtual Repeats and Near Repeats
- Victimology
- Comparative Victimology
- Contextual Effects on Victimization
- Co-Occurrence of Victimization
- Critical Victimology
- Developmental and Social Victimization
- Developmental Victimology
- Economic Costs of Victimization
- Feminist Victimology
- Future of Victimology
- Homicide, Victim-Precipitated
- Politics and Victims
- Public Perceptions of Victims
- Rape Myths
- Rape, Victim-Precipitated
- Repeat Victimization
- Revictimization
- Vicarious Victimization
- Victim Blaming
- Victim Precipitation
- Victimology
- Virtual Repeats and Near Repeats
- Youth-Focused Crime Prevention
- Detached Youth Work Initiatives
- Family Nurturing Programs
- Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.)
- Peer Counseling
- Peer Mediation
- Perry Preschool Project
- School-Based Bullying Prevention
- Seattle Social Development Project
- Teen Dating Violence Prevention
- Youth Centers
- Youth Crime Prevention Initiatives, International
- Youth Crime Prevention Initiatives, United States
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