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    Week 3 Assignment - Victimology

    Victimology FAQ
    Instructions
    1. Refer to Chapter 4 in your textbook to complete this template.
    2. Answer the following Questions.

    What is victimology?
    The scientific study of crime victims is known as victimology. Victimology is a scientific
    approach to addressing issues relating to victims and includes research into the causes
    and effects of victimization.

    What are the costs of victimization?


    1) Name Cost #1: Mental Health Care Costs

    a) What category does this fall under: economic, system, or mental health?

    Economic

    b) Why is this cost important?

    It helps crime victims seeking treatment to deal with the effects of their
    victimization.

    c) How does this impact the victim and criminal justice system?

    10% to 20% of all mental health care costs are crime-related.

    2) Name Cost #2: System Costs

    a) What category does this fall under: economic, system, or mental health?

    System

    b) Why is this cost important?

    The criminal justice system in the US is very expensive.

    c) How does this impact the victim and criminal justice system?

    Insurance companies pay out about $45 billion yearly due to crime. The criminal
    justice system employs about 2.4 million people, whose payroll tops an annual
    salary of $9 billion.

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    Week 3 Assignment - Victimology

    What is one theory that helps us to understand


    victimization?

    In the Role of the Victim in Crime Theory, Victim precipitation is the extent to which a
    victim is responsible for their own victimization. After interviewing victims and witnesses,
    Benjamin Mendelsohn (1947) discovered that victims and offenders frequently knew
    each other. He classified victims based on their level of culpability, or how much the
    victim is responsible. His classifications emphasized the various levels of responsibility.
    He recognized that some victims were not to blame for their victimization, while others
    were to blame because of their behaviors and actions.

    Describe at least three trends of victimization related to


    Race/Ethnicity.

    1) Racist stereotypes that depict black men and boys as violent criminals are most
    frequently viewed with fear and suspicion. They are more likely to be violently
    victimized by private individuals and the police.

    2) Black and Hispanic men are more likely to experience "the streets," a set of
    guidelines that govern interpersonal and public behavior, including violence if they
    reside in underprivileged areas.

    3) Violent incidents for Black victims more frequently resulted in injury or medical care
    which supports that blacks were victimized at rates significantly greater than any
    other race/ethnicity.

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