Crime and Deviance - Victimology

Where does victimology data come from?

• Police and court statistics 
• Crime survey for England and Wales (CSEW)
• Local victim surveys 

Hidden victims

• Statistics fail to recognise domestic violence, offences against the young, crime that arent declared due to embarrassment, wishing to protect the offender 

Victim blaming 

• Amir - **** victims are the cause of theor crime ( alcohol, wearing revealling clothing, seductive actions)

Carrabine

• Primary victimisation - first phase as a victim 
• Secondary victimisation - this is the negative attitudes someone such as a **** victim might…