Positivist victimology

Question 1

how many features are in positivist victimology

Answer 1

3

Question 2

three features of positivist victimology

Answer 2

1. identifies factors that produce patterns of victimisation
2. focuses on interpersonal crimes of violence
3. aims to identify victims who have contributed to their own victimisation.

Question 3

patterns of victimisation:

Answer 3

those that make some individuals/ groups likely to be victims.

Question 4

interpersonal crimes of violence:

Answer 4

violent crimes between two people

Question 5

victim proneness:

Answer 5

characteristics that make victims different from/ more vulnerable than non-victims.

Question 6

What did Hans Von Hentig identify

Answer 6

13 characteristics of victims

Question 7

examples of Hans Von Hentig’s 13 characteristics:

Answer 7

females
elderly
low IQ

Question 8

victims somehow invite their victimisation by:

Answer 8

being the type of person they are eg: displaying their wealth

Question 9

Victim precipitation:

Answer 9

people are victims because they provoked something

Question 10

victim precipitation example:

Answer 10

Wolfgang’s 1958 study of 588 homicides

Question 11

What did Wolfgang find in his study of 588 homicides?

Answer 11

26% involved the victim triggering events leading to murder eg: using violence first.

Question 12

2 examples of positivist victimology:

Answer 12

victim proneness
victim precipitation

Question 13

AO3: Positivist Victimology ignores:

Answer 13

wider structural factors influencing victimisation eg: poverty and patriarchy

Question 14

AO3: close to being victim blaming
Amir’s view that…

Answer 14

1 in 5 rapes are precipitated is little different to saying they are ‘asking for it’

Question 15

AO3: ignores situations where victims are unaware of their victimisation:

Answer 15

1. some crimes of the environment.
2. where harm is done but no law broken