Victimology and Victim Assistance: Advocacy, Intervention, and Restoration

About Chadley E. JamesYoshiko Takahashi

Yoshiko Takahashi Ph.D. is an associate professor in the Department of Criminology at California State University Fresno. While teaching undergraduate victimology courses she coordinates the Victimology Option program and oversees the Victim Services Certificate program at the same institution. Her current research focuses on domestic violence and gender inequality issues among Asian communities in the United States and Southeast Asian student success in higher education. Dr. Takahashi is serving on the Board of Directors of the Central California Asian Pacific Women (CCAPW). She is also an elected Executive Committee member of the World Society of Victimology (WSV). Chadley James Ph.D. is an assistant professor in the Department of Criminology at California State University Fresno. Dr. James has published in international journals and textbooks and has presented papers at international conferences courses and seminars in Africa Asia Europe the Middle East and the United States. He is the organizing co-director of the longest running two-week Graduate Course in Victimology Victim Assistance and Criminal Justice held every year in Dubrovnik Croatia at the Inter-University Center. In 2015 the World Society of Victimology (WSV) awarded Dr. James the Beniamin Mendelsohn Young Victimologist Award. He is also an elected Executive Committee member of the WSV.