Crime & Deviance- Victimology
- Created by: 12Hannah
- Created on: 25-04-19 11:55
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- Crime & Deviance- Victimology
- Christie ('86)
- Victim = social construct
- Being victim depends on time,place & person
- If victimof identity theft but do not known it are they victim?
- Murder has clear victims
- Miers ('89)
- Can see patterns in victims (i.e. gender, age, etc) via OCS
- Info used effectivly to counteract crime and attempt to prevent
- Positivist Victimologist
- Mawby & Walklate ('94)
- Domestic violoence overlooked = Victims overlooked
- Perpetrators rarley taken to court = Example of patriarchal society
- Feminist Victimologists
- Whyte ('03)
- Victim can be blamed for crime due to CJS
- I.e. sexual assult balmed on victim as wore inappropriate clothing
- Victim even more powerless- should not be tolerated
- Backed up by media
- Christie ('86)
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