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victimology
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Victimology
The in-depth evaluation of a crime’s victim. Determining why, when, from where, and how a particular victim was chosen often provides information about the offender
victimology [vik″tim-ol´ah-je]
the study of victims of violent or sexual assault.
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Tjaden and Thoennes (2000) investigated incidents specifically involving current or former intimates, which may help to explain their lower stalking victimization rates within a 12-month period.
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Moreover, our study examines data from the early 1970s to the present and documents an association between economic downturn and increases in victimization rates among minorities over this period," Heimer added.
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With robbery, the BJS bases the NCVS victimization rates only on robberies reported to the police.
The nation's two crime measures by Uniform Crime Reports: Crime in the United States
 
 
 
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