Representative Studies on Victimisation (Nomos, 2016, 308 pp.), edited by Dr. Dirk Baier and Prof. Christian Pfeiffer of the Criminological Research Institute of Lower Saxony, presents the findings of a range of representative academic studies on risk factors in victimisation, victimisation of various specific population groups and the impacts of victimisation ‐ a substantial academic project for which we produced the English translation.