AJ 2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Crisis Intervention, Volume-Weighted Average Price, Impulsivity

• School: Irvine Valley College
• Department: Administration of Justice
• Course: AJ 2
• Professor: mauney

Document Summary

2/3 of sexual assaults occur at night. Males are more likely than women to be victims. 2/3 of female victims know their victims. Teens and young adults are the majority of victims. Elderly are more likely to be targets of fraud. Poor are most likely to be victims of part 1 and 2 crimes. Hugh rates of assault among the homeless. The wealthy are more likely to be targets of personal theft. Target vulnerability: weakness makes them an easy target. Target gratifiability: a quality that makes the victim attractive to criminals. Active precipitation: aggressive or provocative behavior of victims that results in their victimization. Passive precipitation: personal or social characteristics of victims that take them attractive targets for criminals. Victim impulsivity: impulsiveness if positively correlated with victimization, regardless of lifestyle. The view that victimization is primarily a function of where people are located.