Victimization Of Crime Essay

Violent crimes are violations of criminal law that involve the intentional use of violence by one person against another. The chance of being a victim of violent crime is not even distributed evenly throughout society. The likelihood victimization is a concoction of a person’s age, gender and location. It is difficult to accurately assess the amount of crime that occurs due to the sensitive nature of certain crimes such as domestic violence and sexual assault this is known as a the dark figure. None the less, we are able to use statistics to determine where, against who and why certain people are susceptible to violent crime.

The location of where crime is committed is paramount in understanding who is victimized. Crime hotspots have shown that violent crime such as assaults is far more likely to occur in area’s that serve alcohol. When we examine the statistics we see that out of ‘An estimated …show more content…
When we examine assault specific statistics it shows that women ages 15-44 are more likely to be assaulted as well as they’re most likely to be assaulted by a family member. A male experiences his highest chances of being assaulted in the same age category; however, he is most likely to be assaulted by a stranger; which is a representation of the fighting culture of young males.

A person’s gender dictates the crime they’re most likely to be victimized by. In 2013 women were sexually assaulted at a higher rate than males at all age groups. Crime opportunity theory is one explanation as to the disproportion, males are often stronger and more aggressive and if given the opportunity may offend; this is represented by the fact that 63% of females were sexually assaulted in a dwelling and 59% of women aged 20-24 knew their