SOC212H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: General Social Survey, Carjacking, Anti-Social Behaviour
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Victimology: study of the victim"s role in criminal transactions. The perception of the risk of being a victim: the public overestimates the likelihood of crime, despite contradictory evidence from their own experience, points to the influence of extraneous factors in the public"s knowledge of crime. Problems pf crime victims: antisocial behavior: victims of certain crimes are more likely to commit crime themselves. Child maltreatment was a significant predictor of future criminality. Cycle of violence: phenomenon of child victims of abuse becoming adult criminals due to their early abusive experiences. The nature of victimization: victimization survey. 1982, first canadian urban victimization survey (cuvs) 1988, general social survey (gss) the patterns of victimization survey are stable and repetitive, indicating that victimization is not random but rather is a function of personal and ecological factors. Acquaintance-related crime: a crime committed by an offender who has had a prior relationship with the victim, such as date rape.
