POLI 100 Chapter 4: Chapter 4 – Victims and Victimology
Document Summary
Victimology is a sub-field of criminology that focuses on the relationship between victims and perpetrators of crimes, against the backdrop of social institutions such as the criminal justice system. Victimization surveys became the dominant method of inquiry. Canadian victimization surveys: the survey covers seven categories of crime, assault, sexual assault, motor-vehicle theft, household theft, theft of personal property, robbery, vandalism, statistics canada began conducting a victimization survey as part of its general. Social survey: a serious of annual surveys by statistics canada designed to gather information on social trends and specific policy issues. The international crime victims survey: with each survey, the methodology has been refined to ensure more representative samples, and the resulting data allow international comparisons of crime. Repeat victimization: 25% of victims of violence were repeat victims. In many instances, repeat victimization appears to involve an interaction among factors such as age, sex, personality, occupation, and perhaps most important, lifestyle.
