2024 - 2025 Victimology
Prof. dr. Jelle Janssens
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ALGEMENE INFORMATIE
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Algemene informatie ....................................................................................................................................... 2
1 History ............................................................................................................................................. 6
1.1 The origin ......................................................................................................................................... 6
1.2 The evolution ................................................................................................................................... 7
1.3 Concepts and definitions................................................................................................................... 9
2 Victimological perspectives and typologies .................................................................................... 10
2.1 Introduction: Science and Humanism .............................................................................................. 10
2.2 The Positivist Perspective................................................................................................................ 10
2.3 The Radical Perspective .................................................................................................................. 11
2.4 The Feminist Perspective ................................................................................................................ 13
2.5 The Critical Perspective ................................................................................................................... 15
2.5.1 Hodgepodge?........................................................................................................................... 15
3 Etiological victimology and the relationship between victimization and perception of insecurity .. 16
3.1 First Victimological Studies ............................................................................................................. 16
3.1.1 Etiological victimology.............................................................................................................. 16
3.2 'Classical' Theories .......................................................................................................................... 17
3.3 Recent Theoretical Insights from Victimological Research ............................................................... 18
3.4 Empirical Findings from Victimological Research (see appendices) .................................................. 18
4 Measurement of victimisation ....................................................................................................... 19
4.1 Registered crime............................................................................................................................. 19
4.1.1 Police statistics......................................................................................................................... 19
4.2 Hidden crime .................................................................................................................................. 22
4.2.1 Victimisation surveys ............................................................................................................... 22
5 Victim surveys: the safety monitor................................................................................................. 26
5.1 The safety Monitor ......................................................................................................................... 26
5.1.1 Modules................................................................................................................................... 26
5.1.2 Sampling .................................................................................................................................. 26
5.1.3 Survey method......................................................................................................................... 27
5.1.4 Various sweeps ........................................................................................................................ 27
5.2 Results from the safety monitor ...................................................................................................... 28
5.2.1 Number of respondents ........................................................................................................... 28
5.2.2 Weighting ................................................................................................................................ 28
5.3 Module Neighborhood issues.......................................................................................................... 28
5.4 Mudule insecurity ........................................................................................................................... 28
5.4.1 Sence of insecurity ................................................................................................................... 28
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Algemene informatie ....................................................................................................................................... 2
1 History ............................................................................................................................................. 6
1.1 The origin ......................................................................................................................................... 6
1.2 The evolution ................................................................................................................................... 7
1.3 Concepts and definitions................................................................................................................... 9
2 Victimological perspectives and typologies .................................................................................... 10
2.1 Introduction: Science and Humanism .............................................................................................. 10
2.2 The Positivist Perspective................................................................................................................ 10
2.3 The Radical Perspective .................................................................................................................. 11
2.4 The Feminist Perspective ................................................................................................................ 13
2.5 The Critical Perspective ................................................................................................................... 15
2.5.1 Hodgepodge?........................................................................................................................... 15
3 Etiological victimology and the relationship between victimization and perception of insecurity .. 16
3.1 First Victimological Studies ............................................................................................................. 16
3.1.1 Etiological victimology.............................................................................................................. 16
3.2 'Classical' Theories .......................................................................................................................... 17
3.3 Recent Theoretical Insights from Victimological Research ............................................................... 18
3.4 Empirical Findings from Victimological Research (see appendices) .................................................. 18
4 Measurement of victimisation ....................................................................................................... 19
4.1 Registered crime............................................................................................................................. 19
4.1.1 Police statistics......................................................................................................................... 19
4.2 Hidden crime .................................................................................................................................. 22
4.2.1 Victimisation surveys ............................................................................................................... 22
5 Victim surveys: the safety monitor................................................................................................. 26
5.1 The safety Monitor ......................................................................................................................... 26
5.1.1 Modules................................................................................................................................... 26
5.1.2 Sampling .................................................................................................................................. 26
5.1.3 Survey method......................................................................................................................... 27
5.1.4 Various sweeps ........................................................................................................................ 27
5.2 Results from the safety monitor ...................................................................................................... 28
5.2.1 Number of respondents ........................................................................................................... 28
5.2.2 Weighting ................................................................................................................................ 28
5.3 Module Neighborhood issues.......................................................................................................... 28
5.4 Mudule insecurity ........................................................................................................................... 28
5.4.1 Sence of insecurity ................................................................................................................... 28
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