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Schneider, H. (2001). Victimological Developments in the World during the Past Three Decades    (I): A Study of Comparative Victimology. International Journal of Offender Therapy and   Comparative Criminology.  45, 449.
doi: 10.1177/009385487800500303

  1. What are some advantages and disadvantages of using victim surveys in the study of crime?
  2. Why is so much sexual victimization underreported?
  3. What is the “Dark Figure of Crime?”
  4. Although older persons are generally at lower risk than young people to be victimized, why do they represent a particularly threatened group?

 

Ashworth, C. (1978). Perceptions of the Effectiveness of the Criminal Justice System: The Female Victim's Perspective. Criminal Justice and Behavior. 5, 227.
doi:10.1177/009385487800500303

  1. What are some reasons why it is important to know that many victims choose not to report their crimes due to their perception of the criminal justice system?
  2. What is a possible explanation for the decline in rape victim’s perceived effectiveness of the criminal justice system through time?
  3. Does the perception of ineffectiveness in the criminal justice system increase or decrease once a person becomes a victim and enters the system?  What is a possible explanation?