SOC201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Dating Abuse, Job Performance, Psychopathy
8 Dec 2013
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Chapter 9: victimization in public and private spaces over the life course. Perceived and actual risk of victimization over the lifecourse. Relationship between fear and actual threat fear is highest when we are young and decreases over our lifetime, and then increases as we continue to age. Actual risk of victimization is highest when young, then decreases over lifetime. Children are treated as personal property that can be exploited. Enforcing control through traditional forms of corporal punishment (i. e. spanking) Child abuse features certain characteristics deliberate act or set of actions that is considered maltreatment of a child. Youth between 12 and 17 were the most vulnerable to physical and sexual victimization. 4 in 10 children victimized by a family member sustained physical injuries, compared to those assaulted by a non-family member. Spousal violence occurs when a person in a current or former common-law or married relationship is deliberating assaulted in some way by his/her partner.
