Victimisation

    Cards (6)

    • Radical criminology theories?
      ⭐️hierarchy of victimisation
      ⭐️Structural Factors
      ⭐️State
    • Criticisms of Radical Criminology?
      Ignores victim proneness and precipitation as well as solutions.
    • Marxist theory suggests that capitalists create crime by exploiting workers and causing inequality, while liberal feminism argues that patriarchal society creates crime against women.
    • Impact on victims?
      Hoyle (2012)= victims suffer emotional and mental strain.
    • What is victim proneness?
      Tierney (1996): Some characteristics in people make them more likely to be a victim.
    • Von Henry (1948): More likely to be a victim if you’re female, mentally unstable and elderly.