VICTIMOLOGY

Catalog description

Profound analysis of Victimology, a specialized field of Criminology, which focuses in the study of crime victims and related topics. A historical and theoretical perspective of the study of Victimology is provided; including the way in which the rights of the victims have evolved, as well as the services that the State is obliged to provide to these people. Special consideration will be given to the time, space, sex, age and occupational factors involved in the criminal/victim relationship and the typologies of the victims of the crime. Some additional topics to be discussed are assessment of the level of risk to which victims are exposed, the causes of victimization, the reactions to this experience as well as the fear of crime. The interaction between victims of crime, the Criminal Justice System (their responsibilities, professional interventions, restitution or compensation); between offenders and victims; victims and justice and the emerging role of victims in the Criminal Justice System and their rights to receive services from the State through the administrative units that comprise it is also discussed.