SAGE Journal Articles
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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
- What are some advantages and disadvantages of using victim surveys in the study of crime?
- Why is so much sexual victimization underreported?
- What is the “Dark Figure of Crime?”
- 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
- 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?
- What is a possible explanation for the decline in rape victim’s perceived effectiveness of the criminal justice system through time?
- 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?