Control, Punishment And Victims

Question 1

Miers - Positive victimology

Answer 1

There are certain factors that lead to some individuals or groups being more likely to be a victim of crime

Question 2

Mawby and Walkate - Critical victimology

Answer 2

A form of structural powerlessness that puts women and the poor at greater risk

Question 3

Tombs and Whyte - Critical Victimology

Answer 3

‘Victim’ is a social construct, therefore victims are de-labelled, hiding the crimes of the powerful

Question 4

Felson - control and prevention

Answer 4

Situational crime prevention - New york bus stops

Question 5

Wilson and Kelling - control and prevention

Answer 5

Broken windows thesis
Zero tolerance policing

Question 6

Foucault - Surviellance

Answer 6

Panopticon - inmates believe they are constantly under the threat of surviellance

Question 7

Chaiken et al

Answer 7

Situational prevention only displaces crime doss not prevent it

Question 8

Wolfgang

Answer 8

Victim Precipitation - Studied 588 homicides, 26% brought the events on themselves