Victims of crime
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- Created on: 21-10-19 11:40
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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
- 'Victim proneness'
- 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
- 3 features of positivist criminology
- 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
- if you've been a victim once, you are more likely to suffer again
- Class
- Critical Victimology
- Structural powerlessness
- patriarchy and poverty
- states power to deny or apply victim status
- Structural powerlessness
- Von Hentig, 1948
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