patterns of victimisation

Question 1

class

Answer 1

• the poor more likely to be victims, e.g. crime rate higher in places of unemployment

Question 2

age

Answer 2

• infants more at risk of being murdered and teens more at risk of assault
• the old at risk of abuse, e.g. in nursing homes

Question 3

ethnicity

Answer 3

• EMs more at risk than white people of racially motivated crimes
• more underprotected and overcontrolled by police

Question 4

gender

Answer 4

• males more at risk of homicide and females more at risk of domestic and sexual violence

Question 5

repeat victimisation

Answer 5

• if you have been a victim once you are likely to be one again
• disadvantaged groups more likely to be repeat victims