SOCI 2030 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Operationalization, Victimology
19 Apr 2016
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Victimology the study of a victim"s psychological effects resulting from a crime. Victim a person who suffers harm or is directly affected negatively by a crime. Intervention a witness, or a bystander disturbing the undertaking of a crime by placing themselves in the situation. Bystander effect a social psychological phenomenon where one ignores a victim of a crime with the presence of others. It is believed that with a large number of other bystanders, an individual is more likely to not help a victim. Crime is an act, which is against the law and is punishable in court. There is a long list of crimes, j walking, theft under , fraud, etc. In this case, we are looking at crime where a definite victim is present, mostly street crimes where it is visible to the public. Such crimes can include assault, sexual assault, and theft.
