Victimology is based on the official statistics of crime alongside the British Crime Survey
Victims tend to be working class, young men. This group is as likely to be a victim as they are a perpatrator
Feminists believe there are certain crime where women are more likely to be victimised such as sexual violence and domestic cases
Positivist victimology (Miers) aims to identify features that provide patterns. They focus on how victims contributed to their crimes, arguing victims invite crime due to who they are or how they acted
Positivistvictimology has been criticised as it victim blames and ignore the wider societal factors
Critical victimology focuses on the structural factors and the state's ability to deny or apply the label of the victim.
Tombs and Whyte argue that victims are denied their status as victims if they were rape or work place victims
The hierarchy of victimisation is where the powerless are more likely to be victims but also more likely to be ignored by the state
Critical victimologists can be criticised as they disregard the victim's role in crime and ignore the victim's accountablitity