STUDY UNIT 1
Learning Outcomes:
Identify the three broad paradigms in terms of which the concept
‘victim’ can be defined.
Give a detailed exposition of Viano’s process approach towards
defining the concept ‘victim’.
Explain what secondary victimisation entails.
Define the concept ‘repeat victimisation’.
Explain which characteristics, according to Finkelhor and Asigian,
increase the risk of repeat victimisation.
Define the concepts ‘precipitation’, ‘facilitation’ and ‘impunity’.
Emphasis is often placed on the offender within the criminal justice system.
The discipline of victimology emerged as a result of the contributions by Von
Hentig and Mendelsohn.
o Their main focus was on the characteristics of the victims, the interactions
and relationships between victims and offenders, and how the victims, the
interactions and relationships between victims and offenders, and how the
victim’s behaviour precipitated or facilitated the crime.
There are 3 victimology paradigms focusing on the relationship between a victim
and an offender.
1. Conservative law and order paradigm.
This is the belief that a victim is a person that personally suffers harm, loss
or injury.
The offender carries all blame, and the victim is blameless.
Victim rights are emphasised.
Learning Outcomes:
Identify the three broad paradigms in terms of which the concept
‘victim’ can be defined.
Give a detailed exposition of Viano’s process approach towards
defining the concept ‘victim’.
Explain what secondary victimisation entails.
Define the concept ‘repeat victimisation’.
Explain which characteristics, according to Finkelhor and Asigian,
increase the risk of repeat victimisation.
Define the concepts ‘precipitation’, ‘facilitation’ and ‘impunity’.
Emphasis is often placed on the offender within the criminal justice system.
The discipline of victimology emerged as a result of the contributions by Von
Hentig and Mendelsohn.
o Their main focus was on the characteristics of the victims, the interactions
and relationships between victims and offenders, and how the victims, the
interactions and relationships between victims and offenders, and how the
victim’s behaviour precipitated or facilitated the crime.
There are 3 victimology paradigms focusing on the relationship between a victim
and an offender.
1. Conservative law and order paradigm.
This is the belief that a victim is a person that personally suffers harm, loss
or injury.
The offender carries all blame, and the victim is blameless.
Victim rights are emphasised.
