victimology

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    • What is the study of victims of crime called?
      Victimology
    • What do data graphs help analyze in victimology?
      Patterns in victimization data
    • What factors increase the likelihood of being a victim of violent crime with injury?
      • People with limiting disabilities are 3.4 times more likely
      • Separated adults are 3.6 times more likely than married adults
      • Mixed ethnicity individuals are 2.8 times more likely than white individuals
      • Young adults aged 20-24 are 2.5 times more likely than those aged 45-55
      • Men are 1.8 times more likely than women
    • Who is more likely to be a victim of violent crime with injury, people with disabilities or those without?
      People with disabilities
    • How much more likely are separated adults to be victims of violence with injury compared to married adults?
      1. 6 times more likely
    • How much more likely are people of mixed ethnicity to be victims of violence with injury compared to white individuals?
      1. 8 times more likely
    • What is the likelihood of young adults aged 20-24 being victims of violence with injury compared to those aged 45-55?
      More than double (2.5 times)
    • Who is more likely to be a victim of violence with injury, men or women?
      Men
    • How does social class relate to victimization?
      • Most deprived individuals are most likely victims
      • Recorded crime is higher in income-deprived areas
      • 52% more crimes in the most deprived areas in 2022
      • Violence, robbery, and sexual offences are 2.1 times more prevalent in deprived areas
      • Drugs and weapons offences are 2.3 times more prevalent in deprived areas
    • What percentage more crimes were recorded in the most income-deprived areas in 2022?
      52% more crimes
    • How much more prevalent are violence, robbery, and sexual offences in the most deprived areas compared to the least deprived?
      1. 1 times more prevalent
    • How much more prevalent are drugs and weapons offences in the most deprived areas compared to the least deprived?
      1. 3 times more prevalent
    • What are some effects of victimization on individuals?
      • Physical and mental health effects
      • Restrictions over movements due to fear
      • Fear contributes to security industry growth
      • Secondary or double victimization, especially for women
    • What are the two sociological explanations of victimization?
      1. Positivist victimology:
      • Focuses on victim proneness and precipitation
      1. Radical or critical victimology:
      • Examines how social issues produce victimization
      • Deprivation and patriarchy as contributing factors
    • What does positivist victimology focus on?
      Victim proneness and precipitation
    • What does radical or critical victimology examine?
      Wider social issues producing victimization
    • How does deprivation relate to victimization in radical victimology?
      It makes some groups more likely victims
    • How does patriarchy relate to victimization in radical victimology?
      It makes women more likely victims
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