ATS1282 Study Guide - Final Guide: Victimisation, Victimology, Victims Family
6 Dec 2018
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Victimology = the study of victimisation, including societal conceptualisation of victim", victimisation profiles and risk distribution for various categories of crime, the relationship between victims and offenders, and interactions between victims and the criminal justice system. Grown to become key area of concern within criminology responses to victims and their experiences by the cjs can be influenced by society"s perceptions surrounding victims at a given point in time. Victimology = study of social, moral and legal harms. Examines: crime and safety statistics, dynamics of victim events and geography. Impact and fears of victims over time: causative theories of victimization. Interplay between the victim and offender - relationship. Declaration of basic principles of justice for victims of crime and abuse of power 1985 (un): Persons who, individually or collectively, have suffered harm, including physical or mental injury, emotional suffering, economic loss or substantial impairment of their fundamental rights, through acts or omissions that are in violation of criminal laws .
