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.