Concept information
Preferred term
victimology
Definition
- Victimology is the study of victims of crime, including their characteristics and their relationships with offenders and the criminal justice system. Traditionally, victimology is considered to be a subarea within criminology. [Source: Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence; Victimology]
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- battered child syndrome
- battered woman syndrome
- comparative victimology
- contextual effects on victimization
- co-occurrence of victimization
- critical victimology
- developmental and social victimization
- developmental victimology
- economic costs of victimization
- elder abuse
- feminist theories of aggression
- feminist victimology
- future of victimology
- gender violence
- juvenile victimization
- National Crime Victimization Survey
- online victimization of youth
- politics and victims
- predicting violent behavior
- prevention of crime and violent behavior
- profiling
- psychological victimization effects
- public perceptions of victims
- rape
- rape myths
- repeat victimization
- revictimization
- robbery
- threat assessment
- vicarious victimization
- victim advocates
- Victim and Witness Protection Act
- victim blaming
- victim compensation
- victim compensation for violent crimes
- victim crime precipitation
- victim discounting
- victim identification
- victimization
- victim needs and services
- victim-offender mediation
- victimology and crime prevention
- victimology and victim services
- victim-precipitated homicide
- victim-precipitated rape
- victim precipitation
- victim profiles
- victim resistance to attack
- victim rights and restitution
- victims
- Victims Bill of Rights
- victim services
- Victims of Crime Act
- victims' rights
- victim theories
- victim-witness legislation
- victim/witness protection
- virtual repeats and near repeats
- women as victims
Belongs to group
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/victimology
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