The Intersection of Criminality and Victimization

Question 1

Criminogenic factors

Answer 1

Factors that increase or impact someone’s likelihood to commit crime

Question 2

Dynamic factors

Answer 2

Factors defined by their ability to change throughout the life course such as employment and peer group

Question 3

Static factors

Answer 3

Factors that describe a person’s history and cannot be changed, such as the number of times a person was incarcerated

Question 4

Toxic masculinity

Answer 4

Certain cultural masculine norms that can dictate male behaviour and can be harmful to men, women, and society overall