Crime Victimization

Victims. Victimization. Victimology. Most of what we know about victimization comes from surveys of victims themselves. By asking people about their experiences as a victim, we can learn more about crimes that occur that are never reported. What have we learned from these victim studies?

More about victim surveys, including the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS):    • How Do We Measure Crime?  
Crime Trends & Patterns:    • Crime Patterns & Trends: A Basic Over...  

Crime & Victimization:    • Crime & Victimization  
Theories of Crime:    • Theories of Crime  

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0:00 - Crime Victimization
0:13 - Social Ecology
1:04 - Age & Victimization
1:48 - Gender & Victimization
2:09 - Race & Victimization
3:36 - Additional Victimization Risk Factors
4:08 - Repeat Victimization
5:21 - Victims Becoming Offenders
6:22 - Victimology
6:47 - Mendolsohn's Typology of Victims
7:31 - von Hentig's Typology of Victims
8:00 - Victim Precipitation Theory
8:34 - Lifestyle Theories
9:25 - Deviant Place Theory
10:10 - Routine Activities Theory
10:29 - Just World Hypothesis
11:05 - Victim Blaming
11:47 - Why Believe in a Just World?
12:32 - Faulty Assumption of a "Just World"
13:22 - Costs of Victimization
15:14 - Role of Victims in Criminal Justice Process
16:21 - Costs to Victims of Criminal Justice System Involvement
17:58 - Why Don't Victims Get Involved in Criminal Justice System?