critical victimology 4.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? SociologyCrime and devianceA2/A-levelAQA Created by: lw121xCreated on: 17-06-15 15:28 critical criminology is based on conflict theories like marxist and feminism 1 of 25 structural forces- patriarchy poverty powerless groups such as women victims 2 of 25 Do walkalte support structural forces? Yes 3 of 25 who says that a victim is a form of structural powelessness walklate 4 of 25 the state's power to apply or deny a label to the victim 'victim' is a social construct by the state ie. when police don't press charghes against a man assulting his wife denying her as a victim 5 of 25 many **** cases denying victim status because blame them for their fate 6 of 25 Tombs and Whythe looked at 'safety crimes' where employers wouldn't give victim status as they were 'accident prone' 7 of 25 Tombs + Whythe note that the ideological function of this 'failure to label' conceals the true extent of crime 8 of 25 hierachy of victimisation powerless more likely to be victimisation 9 of 25 critical criminology ignores role of individual ie. not making home safe 10 of 25 average chance of a victim being in crime 1/4 11 of 25 Class poorest more likely to be vuctimised 12 of 25 Newburn and Rock found that homeless were..... time more liely to experience violence 12 13 of 25 who found that the homeless 1/10 urinated on while sleeping rough Newburn and Rock 14 of 25 age young people more liely to ve victimised so are the really old 15 of 25 Males..... risk than females of violent attacks more likley 16 of 25 70% of homocides are.... male 17 of 25 Women are more likely to be victims of domestic violence 18 of 25 repeated victimisation if your a victim once you're likely to be a victim again 19 of 25 BCS ..... have not been victims of a crime but a mere 4% of the population are 44% victims of crime 4% 20 of 25 crime may also create indirect victims such as friend, family and witnesses 21 of 25 who found that those that witnessed child sniper continued to grieved a year later pynoos 22 of 25 hate crimes radiate to others ie. intimidation to otehrs 23 of 25 feminists argue that **** victims are often poorly treated by the police resulting in double violation 24 of 25 crime creates fear for it coming a victim 25 of 25
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