ATS1282 Lecture Notes - Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton, Disappearance Of Madeleine Mccann, Joanne Lees
2 Oct 2013
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Traditional approach: geography of crime, time, location, victim defined by law, victimisation one-off event. Victimology: crime/event, how victim behaves, who is the offender, how the offender behaves, context (time, community attitudes), response of community and cjs. Instead of being defined by law looks at victimisation as a being a process people can experience. Looks at how the cjs, media and society sees the victim. Mendelsohn (1956): victim culpability: they could either be a completely innocent victim or a guilty victim, e. g. if you punch someone and they punch you back, you are a guilty victim. Having the victim more involved in the cjs rather than the government being seen as the victim. Statutory obligations on some professionals to report child abuse. Restriction on cross-examination of victim s prior sexual history in sexual assault cases. Now they re not allowed so victim blaming isn t seen in the court process. Victims & crime are objective facts, we can study objectively.
