SOC379H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Flying Saucer, Strict Constructionism, Domestic Violence
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Outline: victimization: statistical profile, best: accounting for social problems, jane doe case, victim supports and victim ideology. Ideology for victimization: bill of rights, victim services toronto, media analysis and victimization. Constructivist: not discrete, haggerty, merton- strain sociology, using objective knowledge to advance argument, sampson, not static-processes, different from earlier sociologies, conditions change. Self reported feelings of safety by victimization: there is a slight decline showing that the more you are victimized the less the feelings of safety are present. Self reported feelings of safety by gender/ activity. Men are more likely to be victims or violence and physical assault: women are more likely to be victims of sexual assault, theft of property is relatively the same, the number of cases decreases as people get older. 3: statistical surveys give us contexts but they should, 2. Victimization is widespread: a broader explanation emerges when its more common, 2.
