victims

Question 1

age and victimisation

Answer 1

most likely to be murdered are infants

teens more likely than adults to experience sexual assault and sexual harassment

elderly at risk of abuse in nursing homes

Question 2

ethnicity and victimisation

Answer 2

e/ms at greater risk of becoming victims of any crime

e/ms more likely to report being under protected and over controlled by police

racist victimisation - when individual is selected as target of crime because of their ethnicity

Question 3

gender and victimisation

Answer 3

men at greater risk of become victims of violent crimes by strangers

women more likely to be victims of domestic abuse and sexual violence by people they know

Question 4

effects of victimisation - indirect victims

Answer 4

family and friends as well as witnesses become victims - crime creates waves of harm that radiate out to affect others who can feel intimidated

Question 5

effects of victimisation - secondary victimisation

Answer 5

victim can suffer further victimisation at hands of CJS - feminists argue rape victims are badly treated by CJS

Question 6

effects of victimisation - fear of victimisation

Answer 6

crime creates fear of becoming a victim of crime