Sociology 2266A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Rape Myth, Homicide, Victim Blaming

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 2266A/B
• Professor: Jordan Fairbairn

Document Summary

Victimology: emerging discipline, study of victims, victim-centred approach, data collected from victimization surveys (gss) Criminology: established discipline, study of criminals, o ender-centred approach, data collected from police-report survey (ucr) Primary victim: direct victim, actual victim, su ers direct harm/injury as a result of the event. Secondary victim: indirect (vicarious) victim, witnesses/bystanders, did not su er direct harm/injury but may be traumatized. Tertiary victim: indirect (vicarious) victim, friends or family, not involved in/did not witness event, but may be negatively a ected. Others do not regard individual victim as victim. Individual does not regard himself/ herself as victim. There may be people who regard themselves as a victim whereas others may not see that = rejected victim. People may not always see themselves as a victim but others disagree = designated victim. Victim precipitation: actions by victims that provoke their perpetrator: ex. made the rst hit. Wolfgang (1958) homicide study: found that murder victims precipitated their own deaths approx.