CRM 202 Study Guide - Final Guide: Victim Blaming, Femicide, Panopticism
10 Sep 2018
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An organization advocating on the victim"s behalf and to raise awareness. Indigenous women more likely to be victimized & treated (razzack, pamela george & other cases) Landau"s concluding comments in the book reform in the cj system. Standard measure over time and among cities and provinces. Based on only incidents that are reported. Decide wheteht to report as founded or unfounded; only those that are founded make it inot police stats. Subject to changes in victim reporting, legislation, police policies, and societal attitudes. (changes inlegilation may change the way crimes are defined) stats cannot capture those differences. Changes in policy and practice may cause police to crack down on crimes / zero tolerance policies (limitation of measure to capture this change) Little information about victims" characteristics, consequences, and outcomes. Focus is on identifying offenders rather than victims. Victim reporting can be low (vast majority are not reported) (one third is reported)
