SOCI2663 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Victimology
Lecture 1
*NO CLASS ON 19th
*TYPE journals (always things in the news)
*Review questions at end of chapters (they will help)
*Hand in assignments in class
What do you think a victim is?
Ex: Vulnerable people (race, gay)
-Depends on how you define it
Victimology
Focus on victim perspective on crime
Victim of crime (violent, hate)
Broad
Not only from violence, also includes: disease, car accident, disaster, and painful
experience, witnessing certain situation, racism
Being victimized
- Raised different emotions ex: anger, guilt, fear, and humiliation, feeling alone and
abandoned
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