CRIM 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Ethnography, Sexual Assault, Hard Determinism
1 Mar 2017
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The motivation of an offender does not solely account for why or how criminal events occur. Offenders must encounter an opportunity that will allow them to pursue their criminal inclinations. New dimension in the criminal event; the role of the victim. Derived from the latin word (cid:494)victima(cid:495), concept of sacrifice. The study of viewing crime and the law and the criminal and the victim. Studied in relation to opportunities, lifestyles and situations. Victimology emerged as a field of study due to several factors: Mutual two or more willing participants. Who is at the highest risk: 15-24 years old low income, students, urban, participate in activities outside of home. Interestingly, victims and offenders share several key characteristics: young, male, poor, those who have been criminally active, are more likely to be victimized, associations with other offenders, (cid:498)better(cid:499) victims because unlikely to get police involved. The term victimology was coined sometime in the mid 1900s.
