Vulnerability and Repeat Victimisation - VICTIMOLOGY - Lecture 9 notes

Module: Victimology


Lecture 9: Vulnerability and Repeat Victimisation


Overview of Session
 Vulnerability and Repeat Victimisation discussion
 DV/DA/IPV
 Male victims of DV/DA/IPV
 Hot Dots and Hot Spots
 Repeat Victimisation
 Offenders as victims
 Memory – misinformation, false memory
 Revenge Porn


Key Information
 Repeat victimisation = the target experiences multiple crimes over a period of
time
 Example: Burglary – someone who has been burgled once is more likely to be
burgled again. It’s important to direct resources immediately after the first
incident i.e. improving home security, set up a neighbourhood watch scheme.
 Domestic abuse and violence victims are often repeat victims
 Crime surveys don’t tend to represent data very well – we don’t really
understand the true nature of repeat crimes.
 They are not necessarily discreet incidences so it’s hard to categorise them,
it’s more like a continual process.


Are certain people more vulnerable to being repetitively victimised?
 Children
 Drug dealers
 Elderly people e.g. phone scams
 Gang members
 Prostitutes
 Mentally or physical disabled individuals
 Entertainment staffs
 Carnival workers
 Restaurant workers – could be related to the hours they work where they are
more likely to come across drunk people
 Gas station workers
 Those who work or visit abortion clinics