SOC 1500 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Domestic Violence, General Social Survey, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1500
• Professor: Andrew Hathaway

Document Summary

Victimology: the study of the victim"s role criminal transaction. About 25% of canadians victimized in previous year. Breakdown: 31% violent, 36% household, 34% theft personal property. Antisocial behaviours: abuse in childhood causes person to be reserved and quiet. Cycle of violence: phenomenon of child victims of abuse becoming adult criminal. Stress and anxiety: post-traumatic stress disorder, suicide, mental health problems, homelessness. Girls who were sexually abused as children, are more likely to be suicidal than those who were not. Male victims can also go through the trauma except they feel. Antisocial behaviour weak and helpless: abuse in childhood is related to drug problems, crime in adulthood. Males are more likely to use violence if. Fear of victimization exceed actual risk: ex. 2003, 43% of torontonians are worried about child abductions and home break-ins. Media focuses on sensational crime: ex. On tv killers kill at random, when normally the killer knows the person.