CRM 3306 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Victimisation, Job Interview, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 3306
• Professor: Adina Ilea

Document Summary

Fear of crime/victimization: what is fear of crime/victimization, what role does it play in our daily lives, precautions against ourselves and our property. Is fear of crime/victimization static or dynamic: indirect fear is less harmful because the individual is not directly victimized, there is a ripple effect it is dynamic. It affects people differently depending on the period of life they are in (social location): e. g. Elderly people are more afraid of being victimized even though it has been proven that they are at the lowest risk. Reaction to victimization: stress: eustress = good stress, brings about positive change, overcoming stressful situations can be positive and empowering, e. g. Stress response stages: mobilizing energy/alarm/flight-or-fight, consuming energy stores/resistance, draining energy stores/exhaustion. Cognitive appraisal of stressful situation: how people perceive situations is significant in the response, conjunction of person and situation = appraisal.