Sociology 2266A/B Final: Crim 2266 Chapter 7-15 Final Exam .docx
15 Dec 2013
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Chapter 7 victimology, victim services, and victim rights in canada. Role of victim has been limited to calling police, collaborating with the police investigation when asked, and acting as a witness in the case. Many criminologists blame pressure from victims for the increases in incarceration. In reality, advancing services and rights for crime victims is best achieved by reinvesting government expenditures away from costly responses to crime such as mass incarceration. Victims of crime often called orphans of criminal justice, social policy, and criminology many criminology students graduate without have learned about victims. Focus box 7. 1 a snapshot of victimization in canada based on results of gss. Data on crime flawed because: (1) many victims do not report the crimes and (2), many reported crimes are not recorded by the police. Victimization surveys: surveys of the general public to identify who has been a victim of crime, whether they reported the crime to police, and other related aspects of victimization.
