test one important people. Flashcards
Study cards from notes for the first test
Cohen and Felson:
Developed the Routine Activity Theory
Who introduced the concept of “victim celebrity”
Nancy Grace. By making the victim a celebrity using media.
Kimberly Crenshaw:
Coined the term “intersectionality”
Pratt:
whats the political strategy called that was introduced.
Critiqued the political use of punitive views to exploit crime through media
Penal Populism
Marvin Wolfgang:
Found that 26% of homicide victims in Philadelphia were the initial aggressor
Roberts et al
Attempted to return to the “golden age” of victim participation
Christie:
Coined the phrase “ideal victim”
Analyzed victim services and social responses to victimization
Karmen
Groenhuijsen:
Emphasized the importance of considering the victim as an injured party with rights
edward sutherland defines the essence of criminology as what
the body of knowledge regarding crime as a social phenomon. Including the process of making laws, breaking laws and reaction towards breaking laws.
Quinney:
Argued that victimization is socially constructed and subject to social agreement
Tom Mulcair
Tom Mulcair “There’s no question that the idea of better
protecting victims is a good idea. The question is, is this bill up to
what they have been announcing?
former leader of the obossion, NDP
Routine Activity Theory
Idea that victimization increases due to routine activities, based on Cohen and Felson’s work in 1979.
Ideal Victim
Concept by Christie that defines an ideal victim in criminology and victim services scenarios.
Governance based on Belief comes from who and is based on what
Former Justice Minister’s (peter Mackay statement) in 2011 about governing based on what is perceived as right rather than evidence.