Theories
The study of victim experiences
Victimology
The portion of unreported or un-investigated crimes
The Dark Figure of Crime.
The statistics and research behind victimology
Measuring victimisation
Personality traits like low self-control play a major role in victimisation and offending risk.
Self-Control theory
Persuasion through violence or intimidation.
Coercion
Includes femicide and intimate partner violence.
Violence Against Women
Theory proposed by Cohen and Felson
Routine Activity Theory / The Crime Triangle
Legal system inn which the court is actively involved in investigating the facts
Inquisitorial System
Crimes which occur online
Cybervictimisation
The behaviours which routinely put a person at risk of victimisation or offending.
Risky Lifestyle Theory
An examination of the psychology and dynamics of inmates and guards.
The Stanford prison experiment
The interrelationship between victimisation and offending risks.
Victim-Offender Overlap
The opposition of the victim's perspective
Victimisation from the offender's perspective
Rather than a culture inherent to prisons, inmates import values to create the "prison culture".
Importation theory
Exploring aggression in children modelled by adults.
Bobo Doll Experiment
Trauma due to repeated exposure to distressing material. Leads to work burnout.
Vicarious trauma.
Crimes which specifically discriminate against protected groups.
Hate Crimes