victimologies part 2

Question 1

what is an ideal victim?

Answer 1

• someone seen as innocent, vulnerable or blameless
• older people, or younger children
• lots of empathy for them

Question 2

what kind of “victim” is both OFFENDER and VICTIM?

Answer 2

Complex victim

Question 3

what makes a complex victim

Answer 3

• they can be both offender and victim
• they commit a crime like abusing their children but they were abused as a child too
• less empathy for them

Question 4

having multiple identities in criminology is what?

Answer 4

intersectionality

Question 5

in the Rie Fujii case, what were the multiple social identities in intersectionality?

Answer 5

• immigration status
• cultural isolation
• mental health
• gender (role or expectations)

Question 6

how does intersectionality help crimologists?

Answer 6

• takes into consideration multiple social identities that might’ve influenced the crime

Question 7

what is an example of someone who is living a “High Risk Lifestyle” ?

Answer 7

drug user/ dealer

Question 8

how does the law and CJS individualize?

Answer 8

• focus is on the individual and not the crime

Question 9

how does the law and CJS pathologize and medicalize?

Answer 9

• saying a criminal behaviour is a disorder and framing it as a psychological issue when it is not

Question 10

how does the law and CJS assign and erase culpability?

Answer 10

• blaming individuals for crime without taking into account social factors
• example: racially profiling and arresting an innocent person in a rough neighbourhood.
• police know they fucked up, persons charged are dropped, erase evidence and they are protected.