CMY1501 SUMMARY NOTES.

CMY1501 SUMMARY NOTES.

, INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINOLOGY: VICTIMS & REDUCTION OF CRIME
Theme 1: General Introduction 2 Victims of Crime



 Crime Victim:person been physically or financially injured/damaged by person
committing crime.


 Victimology:
 Study data describing cause-effect relationship of victimisation
 Includes events leading 2 victimisation, victim’s experience, impact of victimisation on victim &
measures used 2 respond 2 victimisation.
 Study of precursors vulnerabilities, events, impacts, recoveries & response by people


 Victimisation: occurrence whereby individual, community/orgs is damaged/injured




Believe blame 4 victimisation put on offender
Definition of concept “Victim”



 right realist
 conventional
 Administrative

Conservative/P
ositive Aligned with political field
Victimology


Want stricter criminal justice system with clear
definition of victim/perpetrator




Victim not totally innocent Left realism/liberalism




JACOBUS DU PLESSIS
Critical 1
Underlying reasons btw victimology Believe impact of criminal justice system
Offender = victim
victim/offender be min/non @ all
paradigm Support retributive aspects
Society is 2 be blamed 4 crime Flow of roles btw victim/offender of criminal justice systems

, INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINOLOGY: VICTIMS & REDUCTION OF CRIME




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