CRJU 4430 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Victimology, Homicide, Ities
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Early victimologists and empirical tests of victim precipitation. Ha(cid:374)s (cid:448)o(cid:374) he(cid:374)ti(cid:374)g: (cid:862)the cri(cid:373)i(cid:374)al a(cid:374)d his vi(cid:272)ti(cid:373)(cid:863); (cid:272)lassified (cid:448)i(cid:272)ti(cid:373)s i(cid:374)to 13 (cid:272)ategories a(cid:272)(cid:272)ordi(cid:374)g to fa(cid:272)tors that i(cid:374)(cid:272)rease a perso(cid:374)"s prope(cid:374)sity to (cid:271)e(cid:272)o(cid:373)e a (cid:448)i(cid:272)ti(cid:373). Beniamin mendelsohn: lawyer working on a rape case found that victim and offender had a relationship, which lead him to believe that victims might unknowingly invite/ cause their victimization. Categorized victims on situational factors that determine their culpability (range from innocent to guiltier than the offender). 7 (cid:272)ategories o(cid:374) reaso(cid:374) a(cid:374)d a(cid:373)ou(cid:374)t of responsibility (no responsibility, shared responsibility, etc. Marvin wolfgang: first empirical study of (cid:448)i(cid:272)ti(cid:373) pre(cid:272)ipitatio(cid:374). (cid:862)patter(cid:374)s of cri(cid:373)i(cid:374)al ho(cid:373)i(cid:272)ide(cid:863). Reviewed homicide records and found that 25% of the homicides involved victim contribution/participation. A(cid:373)ir"s study of rape: 19% of the (cid:272)ases the offe(cid:374)der i(cid:374)terpreted the (cid:448)i(cid:272)ti(cid:373)"s (cid:271)eha(cid:448)ior as indi(cid:272)ati(cid:374)g i(cid:374)itial (cid:272)o(cid:374)se(cid:374)t (cid:894)did(cid:374)"t resist stro(cid:374)gly e(cid:374)ough, pro(cid:448)o(cid:272)ati(cid:448)e (cid:272)lothi(cid:374)g, et(cid:272). (cid:895). Natio(cid:374)al co(cid:373)(cid:373)issio(cid:374) o(cid:374) the causes of viole(cid:374)(cid:272)e"s study: poli(cid:272)e files fro(cid:373) 17 differe(cid:374)t (cid:272)ities.
