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Victim
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a person who suffers injury, losses or hardship
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ideal type
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victim was weaker then aggressor and the wrongdoer was a complete stranger whose behavior was illegal and unprovoked
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3 types of bias undermine the ability of sociol scientists to achive obectivity
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1-personel experiences 2- from the history(legacy) 3- mood of the times
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3 types of bias that undermine social scientists and victomologists from seeing objectivly
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1-thier own personel experiences,2- their own legacy(history), 3-mood of the times;influced by their social environment
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victomology is a specialzation within criminology
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victomology: sociologists,doctors, cj officials, advocates, lawers,political scientists,activists, etc.
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min 1970's
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prosecutors initiate victim-witness assistance programs
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1990
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congress passes the Victim's Rights and Restitution Act
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2004
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congress enacts the Victims Rights Act, which pledges fair treatment and opportunities for input in federal court proceedings
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victimologists do:
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step 1-identify, define and describe the problem 2-measure the true dimensions of the problem 3-investigate how victims are handled 4-gather evidence to test hypotheses
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plea negotiations:
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you admit ur guilt in return for some concession
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3 movements of rediscovery of crime victims:
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women's, civil-rights and *law-and-order movement
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1972
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set up the first anti-rape movement, first rape crisis centers
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1st rape crisis center
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1972
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1974
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1st safe house
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1st safe house for battered women in Minn.
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1974
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*law and order movement
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get tough on drugs/crime, lock them up for longer, elimate loopholes
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brady's bill
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guns-background checks and cooling off periods
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amber alert
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missing kids
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megan's law
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be notified of the arrival of formerly incarcerated sex offenders
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jenna's law
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mandating background checks of employees
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kendra's law
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let courts impose comulsory treatment on mentally ill pt.s
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(FBI) UCR uniform crime report
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part 1- 8 index crimes: 4 violent; murder,rape,robbery and aggravated assault 4 property; burglary, larceny(thefts),vechile theft and arson
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UCR part 2
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21 assorted offenses;
such as;drug, weapon,drunkeness etc |
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(FBI) NIBRS - national incident based reporting system
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46 group A offenses
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(BJS's) NCVS national crime victimization survey
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12 yrs, age, sex, crime type, race, income, education, etc
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NCVS
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no murder
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UCR
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murder
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dark figure of crime
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con of UCR, but not of the NVCS
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(FBI) time clock
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picture of the UCR
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ucr
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cons; limited only 8, has dark figure if crime, only lists the worst cime even if there were several cimes acts together, ex rape and theft.
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victimology
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study harm people suffer because of illegal activities
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victimology -- looks more at victim
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criminology -- looks more at the criminal
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self help movement
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that people who have gone through something can better offer help to others than goverment services.
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robbery
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theft
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