cmy1502 study guide

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ORIENTATION (v)

THEME 1: GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO VICTIMS OF CRIME 1
1.1 Victims of crime: definition and problems related to victimisation 5
1.2 General profile of crime victims 18
BIBLIOGRAPHY 25

THEME 2: VICTIM VULNERABILITY, SPECIFIC CATEGORIES OF VICTIMS
AND VICTIM EMPOWERMENT 27
2.1 Victim vulnerability 32
2.2 Specific categories of victims who are particularly vulnerable to crime 46
2.3 Victim support and victim empowerment 67
BIBLIOGRAPHY 86

THEME 3: CRIME PREVENTION AND REDUCTION 93
3.1 Various approaches to crime prevention and control 97
3.2 The South African National Crime Prevention Strategy 114
3.3 Individual and general prevention of crime through punishment 131
BIBLIOGRAPHY 145

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INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINOLOGY:
VICTIMS AND REDUCTION OF CRIME

THEME 1
GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO VICTIMS OF CRIME
(Revised by MS THOBANE)

THEME 2
VICTIM VULNERABILITY, SPECIFIC CATEGORIES OF VICTIMS AND
VICTIM EMPOWERMENT
(Revised by G DA COSTA)

THEME 3
CRIME PREVENTION AND REDUCTION
(Revised by MS THOBANE AND B MARIMUTHU)