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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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But it is increasingly unclear whose interest beyond those of the conspiracy theorists and the victimologists is served by the process, especially when the costs may be underwritten by a Brazilian government that should put its own house in order - police in Rio state have killed 961 Brazilians in 2007 alone - before ours.
The conviction of the Met puts us all in greater danger by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
Even behavior that is self-reported as positive by the child or adolescent is defined by the victimologists as abusive.
Rethinking the routine provision of psychotherapy to ... by Oellerich, Thomas / The International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy
Since the late 1950s, some victimologists have implied that victims precipitate their own victimisation and have ignored or distorted gendered analyses of violence.
Language, power and gendered identities: the reflexive social worker by Bagshaw, Dale / Women in Welfare Education
 
 
 
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