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Team-based learning (TBL), as developed by Larry Michaelsen, is a pedagogical strategy designed to incorporate group processes in academic settings. The effectiveness of TBL as a teaching method has been tested in a number of disciplines with mixed results. Few empirical tests of TBL in the undergraduate criminal justice classroom exist. Articles concerning TBL in the criminal justice classroom are predominantly descriptive and expository in nature, leaving questions about potential effectiveness of this teaching method in the discipline. This study evaluates the effectiveness of TBL in comparison with a lecture-based course. Results indicate that students in the TBL course reported higher levels of student involvement, preparation, and accountability. However, there were no statistically significant differences in overall student performance in comparison with those in the lecture-based course. The article reviews the potential benefits and drawbacks of using TBL.

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Over the last 40 years, the treatment of crime victims has changed in the American criminal justice system. Once considered to be only witnesses in the adversarial criminal justice process, political and social movements have drawn attention to the rights of crime victims. This entry reviews the historical treatment of crime victims by police and the criminal justice process. Starting with the development of studies in victimology, the entry reviews social and political movements that made significant changes in the way law enforcement officers handle victims of crime. Specific attention is devoted to victims and crimes that have historically been ignored or minimized by the criminal justice system (i.e., women, children, rape, domestic violence, child abuse).