CRIM 335 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Puberty, Intimate Partner Violence, Victimology
18 Apr 2018
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Rise of feminism: more attention paid to sexual assault and domestic abuse. Perceived race, gender, and age of offenders: offender/ victims characteristics similar, whites account for majority of crimes, african-americans are disproportionately represented in crime statistics, males are predominant offenders, most crime is intraracial- occurring within the same race. 60% try to stop the crime (struggle, threaten, run away, or persuasion). Explaining victimization: highlighting the opportunities to commit crime. Situational explanations: lifestyle and routine activities theory: both assume that the habits, lifestyles, and behavioral patterns of potential crime victims enhance their contact with offenders and thereby increase the changes that crimes will occur. This explains why youth have the highest victimization rates: routine activities theory: the view that an individual"s daily activities can affect his or her changes of becoming a crime victim, 3 components must coincide: The absence of guardianship: people who might observe and try to stop the crime.
