Social Ecology
The term social ecology of victimization refers to “violent crimes are more likely to occur in open public areas during daytime or early evening hours”(Dreyfuss, 2017, Crime Theory/ Victim PPT, Slide 9). It is also stated that “inner-city inhabitants have a greater chance of being victimized than suburbanites” ((Dreyfuss, 2017, Crime Theory/Victim PPT, Slide 9). Individuals were not safe to travel alone at night as they were likely to victims of rape. Social disorganization theory plays a very important role related to social ecologies as it all depends on the place they reside in. Sebold was walking toward her dorm alone and felt someone behind her, there were minimal lights on campus and no security. The offender grabbed her …show more content…
My article about, “Preventing Sexual Violence Instead of Just Responding to It”: “Students’ Perceptions of Sexual Violence Resources on Campus” by Tara K Streng and Akiko Kamimura discusses how “students strive to increase their knowledge and obtain credentials that will effectively position them as future workforce members” (Streng and Kamimura 1). It illustrates how critical this matter is, once someone is raped they should be taken care of, Alice slowly fell into depression and drugs; “that fall I quit dabbling in heroin. It had as much to do with losing easy access to it as it did with anything else. I drank again and smoke cigarettes but so did everyone”(Sebold 239). An incident changes a person, the way they perceive things and their behavior. Findings in the article also suggest that,“students are concerned with safety, students want more education regarding sexual violence, and they value services that offer protection from incidents of sexual violence on campus”(Streng and Kamimura 1). Protection can be more security cameras installed, campus security should be increased and more lights placed all over campus. Alice recalls, “ I think there are some lights from my way to the bathhouse I could see behind. It was dark but not black behind me” (Sebold 182) during her preliminary examination. Since more individuals started to become more knowledgeable about this subject, it spread out like fire, protected victims. This story was more of how Alice Sebold recovered, healed through the process of being the rape victim, she won her case but the struggles she faces were
The term social ecology of victimization refers to “violent crimes are more likely to occur in open public areas during daytime or early evening hours”(Dreyfuss, 2017, Crime Theory/ Victim PPT, Slide 9). It is also stated that “inner-city inhabitants have a greater chance of being victimized than suburbanites” ((Dreyfuss, 2017, Crime Theory/Victim PPT, Slide 9). Individuals were not safe to travel alone at night as they were likely to victims of rape. Social disorganization theory plays a very important role related to social ecologies as it all depends on the place they reside in. Sebold was walking toward her dorm alone and felt someone behind her, there were minimal lights on campus and no security. The offender grabbed her …show more content…
My article about, “Preventing Sexual Violence Instead of Just Responding to It”: “Students’ Perceptions of Sexual Violence Resources on Campus” by Tara K Streng and Akiko Kamimura discusses how “students strive to increase their knowledge and obtain credentials that will effectively position them as future workforce members” (Streng and Kamimura 1). It illustrates how critical this matter is, once someone is raped they should be taken care of, Alice slowly fell into depression and drugs; “that fall I quit dabbling in heroin. It had as much to do with losing easy access to it as it did with anything else. I drank again and smoke cigarettes but so did everyone”(Sebold 239). An incident changes a person, the way they perceive things and their behavior. Findings in the article also suggest that,“students are concerned with safety, students want more education regarding sexual violence, and they value services that offer protection from incidents of sexual violence on campus”(Streng and Kamimura 1). Protection can be more security cameras installed, campus security should be increased and more lights placed all over campus. Alice recalls, “ I think there are some lights from my way to the bathhouse I could see behind. It was dark but not black behind me” (Sebold 182) during her preliminary examination. Since more individuals started to become more knowledgeable about this subject, it spread out like fire, protected victims. This story was more of how Alice Sebold recovered, healed through the process of being the rape victim, she won her case but the struggles she faces were