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What is the study of victims of crime called?
Victimology
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What do data graphs help analyze in victimology?
Patterns
in
victimization
data
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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
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Who is more likely to be a victim of violent crime with injury, people with disabilities or those without?
People
with
disabilities
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How much more likely are separated adults to be victims of violence with injury compared to married adults?
6 times
more likely
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How much more likely are people of mixed ethnicity to be victims of violence with injury compared to white individuals?
8 times more likely
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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
)
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Who is more likely to be a victim of violence with injury, men or women?
Men
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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
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What percentage more crimes were recorded in the most income-deprived areas in 2022?
52%
more crimes
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How much more prevalent are violence, robbery, and sexual offences in the most deprived areas compared to the least deprived?
1 times
more prevalent
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How much more prevalent are drugs and weapons offences in the most deprived areas compared to the least deprived?
3 times
more prevalent
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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
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What are the two sociological explanations of victimization?
Positivist
victimology:
Focuses on
victim proneness
and
precipitation
Radical
or
critical
victimology:
Examines how social issues produce victimization
Deprivation
and
patriarchy
as contributing factors
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What does positivist victimology focus on?
Victim proneness
and
precipitation
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What does radical or critical victimology examine?
Wider social issues producing
victimization
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How does deprivation relate to victimization in radical victimology?
It
makes
some
groups
more
likely
victims
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How does patriarchy relate to victimization in radical victimology?
It makes
women
more likely victims
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