SOC 2700 Chapter 4: Victims and Victimization

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2700
• Professor: Reza Barmaki

Document Summary

Chapter 4: victims and victimization page #91-123: January 14th, 2016: the gss survey data can tell us much about the social and demographic patterns of victimization where, when, and how it occurs, and whether a victim"s involvement in crime is random. Gender: the gss provides information on the background characteristics of the victims of crime, including gender gender is related to the risk of crime, the fear of crime, and a person"s sense of control. The role of the victim is characterized by his having been the first in the homicide drama to use physical force against his subsequent slayer. Passive precipitation: occurs when the victim exhibits some personal characteristic that unknowingly threatens or encourages the attacker the threat can occur because of personal conflict, promotion, love interest, or some other scarce and coveted commodity. The proximity hypothesis: according to the proximity hypothesis, victims do not encourage crime; they are simply in the.