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The privilege of working in the criminal justice community is interaction with a variety of stakeholders, such as judges, probation officers, and, of course, offenders. However, there are others who play an integral part of the system, yet are often overlooked in the process of trying to punish and treat the offenders: the victims. Victims of crime include every combination of race, sex, religion, age, and sexual orientation. They range from the highly educated to someone with barely a third-grade education. They are white-collar or blue-collar workers, or the unemployed. Furthermore, victims of crime can also be offenders as well. The purpose of this text is to explore the world of victimology through the lens of not only who is victimized but also how they are victimized. In addition, our text will discuss the history of victim advocacy and what we are doing now to help victims of crime, and what is still left to do. Most importantly, we want students to be able to critically apply this information through active learning exercises. We understand that instructors will choose to teach this class in very different ways, and there are online resources available to them to accomplish various goals. Some of the students who use this book will become victim advocates, and some may have other direct or indirect interactions with victims of various types of crime. Our goal is to help them emerge from this literature with better insight into this strong, yet fragile group of individuals who deserve a voice.