CRM 3306 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Scientific Method, Victimless Crime, Barkan

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 3306
• Professor: Wayne Hanniman

Document Summary

Crime an act that is against the law: the victim of a crime by this definition is the state. The social processes aren"t explained with that legal definition: there is no insight to the process by which a person becomes a victim. Need to have a critical approach to examine harmful acts: reflect on questions like what is a criminal, carrabine the criminal justice process relies on victims, would stop without them. Victims report crimes so then they are investigated. Looks at the consequences for the victim and the reactions from society, police and professional helpers: secondary victimization how victims are treated in the cjs that makes it worse. Encounters with the police and other agencies makes the victim feel re-victimized: hannah scott, victimology is wide in scope depending on the definition of harm and victim. The definition determines what and who to be studies and how they will be treated.