SOC 1500 Chapter 4: SOC*1500 Chapter 4

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1500
• Professor: Mavis Morton

Document Summary

Victims can influence criminal behaviour by playing an active role in the criminal incident (ex. Victims" suffering does not end after the crime is committed, they must relive the scenario in questioning by police, and even put under some suspicion by police. Their property is often kept for a long time as evidence and sometimes never given back. They are more likely to experience a lower quality of life afterwards. People don"t rely on their own experiences to feel risk of being a victim. Crime can be distorted by the media this effects demands for police services, public"s perception of courts and how politicians develop programs to fight crime. Victims of certain crimes are more likely to commit crimes themselves. More likely to commit crimes if they are the target of physical abuse or exposed to interadult violence. Gender: women are overall more likely to be victims; in certain crimes male victims outweigh women and vice versa.