CRM 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Jian Ghomeshi, Online Etymology Dictionary, The Hunting Ground
31 Oct 2017
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Victims and victimology: definitions and causes, the emergence of victimology as a field of study, typologies. Definition: a person who is killed, injured or otherwise harmed by another as a result of an accident or other event or as a result of a crime. Injustices: natural catastrophic events and disasters, accidents, environmental damages, oppression, tyranny, ethnic cleansing, crime, exploitation, violence and abuse. Victimology: victims and harm has been studied by various disciplines and groups for the past century, last 30-20 years victimology as an academic field of study has emerged, victims are various and multiple ideas/theories of victimization exist. Is the study of victims and the social context in which they exist (scott 2011, 4) Indirect victim: not immediately affected but may suffer from result. Typologies: role of the victim in the victim-offender relationship. Classifications: the complete innocent victim, the victim with minor guilt, the victim significantly shares guilt, victim guilty, victim is more guilty, stimulating victim.
