CRIM 1650 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Stranger Danger, Slut

• School: York University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 1650
• Professor: James Williams

Document Summary

Gender and crime ii violence against women: concepts, stranger danger - pathological emphasis on the idea of people having a sickness and abnormality, double victimization - the idea that women are victimized twice. Once at the hands of the offenders and second and the hands of the police. 5 factors that shape police judgement: nature of victim having a victim who seems creditable and believable. The sooner the case is reported to the police the stronger it is: prior sexual relationships will be accused prior relationship is offender, that is a factor that introduces doubt. Consent becomes less clear: women of colour, homeless, aboriginal women, etc. How do changes in definition influence the measurement of this particular form of victimization: police definition of sexual assault decide if a report from a victim is actually an offence. They is a huge dark figure of crime (5000 cases on average) related to sexual assault.