ECN 104 Lecture Notes - Victimology, Puch, General Social Survey
9 Apr 2013
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Victimization and the role of the victim in the criminal justice system we were asked if the introductory 2 points were surprising at all, and we concluded as a class, that no, because we engage in precautionary measures: Without a victim there"ll be no realization of a crime. if the victim does not bring to the attention of a crime it will not be reported. also the black figure of crime. Canada falls mid range, and australia is the highest. we are about average. this is based off of the 2000 survey. in terms of % reported victimization, using the 11 from survey, avg of 55%. These surveys are only looking at 11 offences, of which people can be victimized, so it is only a snapshot. it wont capture everything. Some of the descriptions are pretty broad. when you think of assault, you don"t think of verbal assault, you think of physical, so they are not descriptive.
