SOCI2663 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: General Social Survey, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Uniform Crime Reports
Measuring Victimology (Chapter 2)
Complexities of Studying Victims
How do we capture Victimology?
What is a victim and how to recruit victims for research?
Different types of victims
oRippling Effects of Victimization
Primary victim: directly involved in physical or/and emotional
harm
Secondary victim: emotionally close to the primary victim, often
the first to be with him or her after the event
Tertiary victim: not in close social proximity to the primary victim,
but who are harmed in some way. ex: town residents, family friend
Event outcome: moved by the event in some way, actions are
affected
The more outer you go in the circle, the larger the victim pool gets
Can be part of more than one, example: primary if you are at the
tragedy (escape) and secondary if you lose a friend/ family at that
tragedy
Victim pool: a group of victims who share common characteristics, such as same
offender or offence types
Obtrusive Methods
Researcher get close to victims to gather information about their experience
oExamples
Interview
Problem: revictmization and harming the victim
Observation
Problem: can be problematic because odds are against you,
won’t be at the right place at the right time like a car
accident
Ethical issue when studying victim experiences
Snowball sampling (first person you speak to gets others and those people get
others)
oStrengths: relationship and have easier access to other people, identifying
and locating
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Document Summary
Different types of victims: rippling effects of victimization. Primary victim: directly involved in physical or/and emotional harm. Secondary victim: emotionally close to the primary victim, often the first to be with him or her after the event. Tertiary victim: not in close social proximity to the primary victim, but who are harmed in some way. ex: town residents, family friend. Event outcome: moved by the event in some way, actions are affected. The more outer you go in the circle, the larger the victim pool gets. Can be part of more than one, example: primary if you are at the tragedy (escape) and secondary if you lose a friend/ family at that tragedy. Victim pool: a group of victims who share common characteristics, such as same offender or offence types. Researcher get close to victims to gather information about their experience: examples.
