Factors of victims

Question 1

How is gender related to victims according to statistics?

Answer 1

• Women are 2x likely as men to have reported being a victim of non-sexual partner abuse, and 7x likely to be a victim of sexual assault.
• Over 1/2 of female homicide victims since 2003 were killed by husband or a partner

Question 2

How is gender related to victims according to general findings?

Answer 2

• Walklate considered reasons why women often stay in abusive relationships. Many have nowhere to go, which is made worse when children are involved. Some lack economic independence, women often blame themselves and lack confidence.

Question 3

How is ethnicity related to victims according to general findings?

Answer 3

• Home office 2005 found black people are 5x more likely to be murdered than white people in England and Wales, but police records show that 1 in 3-gun murders both victim and suspect are black.

Question 4

How is age related to victims according to statistics?

Answer 4

• CSEW Found 12% of children aged 10-15 had been victims in 2014. Of these crimes 56% were violent, and most of remaining were theft.

Question 5

How is social class related to victims according to statistics?

Answer 5

• 2010-11 British Crime Survey shown young households and the unemployed are more than 2x as likely to be victims of violence than the average person.

Question 6

How is social class related to victims according to statistics?

Answer 6

• Young said certain groups, like the poor, are hit much harder when they become a victim.
• Poor likely to be subject to ‘multiple victimisation’.