Age and crime

Question 1

what are self report studies?

Answer 1

anonymous self completion questionnaires which ask people to admit their own criminal behaviour

Question 2

what is a victim?

Answer 2

someone who has suffered harm (including physical, mental or emotional suffering, economic loss, impairment of basic rights) through acts of omissions that violate the laws of the state

Question 3

what are the thee parts of positive victimology?

Answer 3

1. aims to identify factors that produce patterns in victimisations
2. focusses on interpersonal crimes of violence
3. aims to identify victims that have contributed to their own victimisation

Question 4

What is victim proneness?

Answer 4

what makes some people more likely to be victims than others

Question 5

what are the two elements of critical victimology?

Answer 5

1. structural factors

2. the states power to apply or deny the label of the victim