Victims of crime

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  • Victims of crime
    • Von Hentig, 1948
      • 'Victim proneness'
        • The young
        • Women
        • The old
        • Mentally defective
        • Immigrants
        • Minorities
        • Dull normal
          • born victims
        • Depressed
        • The acquisitive
          • e.g. need money for drugs
        • The Wanton
        • Lonely/ heartbroken
        • Bullies
        • The blocked
    • Nils Christie (1986)
      • A victim is ‘socially constructed’ Stereotypically the media see a victim as weak, innocent and blameless 
    • Miers (1989)
      • 3 features of positivist criminology
        • Patterns in victimisation
        • interpersonal crimes
          • victim/offender relationship
        • contribution to their own victimisation
    • Wolfgang (1958)
      • looked at homicides – 26% involved VP 
    • Amir (1971)
      • claimed 1 in 5 rapes are victim precipitated 
      • Victim blaming
    • Tombs & Whyte (2007)
      • critical victimology hides the crimes of the powerful and denies powerless victims any redress
    • Patterns of victimisation
      • Class
        • high crime rates in deprived areas
      • Age
        • young, teenagers, old are most vulnerable
      • Ethnicity
        • BME feel less protected by the law
      • Gender
        • males at great risk of violent attacks
        • Women at greater risk of sexual assault and domestic violence
      • Repeat victimistation
        • if you've been a victim once, you are more likely to suffer again
          • 4% of the population are victims of 44% of the crimes
    • Critical Victimology
      • Structural powerlessness
        • patriarchy and poverty
      • states power to deny or apply victim status

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