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Assignment #2 Brandi Ingram Victimology Dr
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Assignment #2
Brandi Ingram
Victimology
Dr. Montgomery
Grambling State University
07/08/2022
Why are some Violent Crimes are Reported to the Police?
Acts of violence, such as gang attacks and robberies are said to be reported in the news because it fuels a notion that crime is pervasive and thus ignite fears in public. Crime exists because some people are reluctant to report crimes of violence to authorities because they fear retaliation, embarrassment, or view the offenses as a private matter.
The most common reason for not reporting was it was a private or personal matter (19%), according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics report in 2008. Also, it is because a number of victims may be crime participants who will not report their victimization of fear of arrest. The decision to report a crime is calculated often based on the seriousness of the offense, the probability of financial redress, the perception that the criminal justice system will take action to aid the victim, the degree of the victims participation in the crime, the degree to which the victim is emballed by the crime, and the fear of personal harm if the crime is reported.
Why are Some People More Fearful of Crime than Others?
Identify and Explain the Five Victim Categories Offered by Sellin and Wolfgang
The Five victim caregories offered by Sellin and Wolfgang are: primary victimization, secondary victimization, tertiary victimzation, mutual victimization, and no victimization. Primary refers to the personalized or individual victimization, such as when an individual or group selects a specific person to target for vicyimization. Secondary is when victims are impersonal targets or the offender. Tertiary involves the public or society as a victim. Mutual occurs when offenders become victims, as when two people engage in a criminal activity and then one becomes the victim of the other: the prostitute robs her customer or the drug dealer shoots the buyer. Finally, no victimizaton includes situations in which victimization is difficult to define.
Explain the Culture of Victimization and Whether or No Victimization is Misrespresnted or Overstated.
