SOC201 Lecture Notes - Northern Canada, General Social Survey, Waterloo Regional Police Service
3 Oct 2013
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There are many ways that vitims are considered in societies (blameless) Victims of disease: is at no fault of the victim usually (although some effort is often made to place some responsibility on the victim) Blame the victim": a way society thinks of victims. Victims of natural disaster: it"s very hard to rationalize any type of blame for a natural disaster. Victims of negligence: the collective mind of society doesn"t blame the victims, it didn"t have to happen. Victims of state persecution and war: there are victims but someone else is responsible. Victims of criminal behaviours: devastating to victims, a complex debate about who is to blame, did you leave your valuable"s unlocked?". Victims of resource exploitation (the alberta tar sands): lives have been changed because of chemicals polluting the land of the first nations. Victims of fraud: identity theft over facebook is very common, elderly people are a targeted group ( grandparent scam")
