Carrabine: Victims and Victimization

Question 1

The Hierarchy of Victimization

Answer 1

Ideal Victim: weak, vulnerable, innocent (women)

Non-Ideal Victim: young men, homeless, addicted, car owners who don’t lock their cars

Question 2

Types of Victimology

Answer 2

Conservative strand, liberal strand, and radical-critical strand

Question 3

Conservative Strand

Answer 3

4 components:
•Crime: distinct problem with focus on visible forms of victimization
•Holding people accountable
•Self reliance
•Retributive justice (punishment > rehabilitation)

Question 4

Liberal Strand

Answer 4

• Extends on conservative strand by incorporating more types of victimization (corporate)
• Concerned with making the victim whole again (restitution, meditation, reconciliation)

Question 5

Radical-Critical Strand

Answer 5

• Human suffering (poverty, unemployment, inadequate healthcare systems) create the social issues that make up the crime problem
• CJS: worsens the issue (police rule-breaking and political agendas)

Question 6

Social Variables in Victimization

Answer 6

Social Class:
•Poor
Age:
•Children under 1: most likely to be murdered
•Older: legally not prominent (high non reporting
•Young: low priority
Gender:
•Men: violent attacks (by strangers/other men)
•Women: home victimization, harassment, sexual violence
Ethnicity:
•Minority groups: racial violence/harassment and police failure